The Asian Star May 5 2018

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British Columbia considers halt to exclusive access for condo presales Forcing developers to make preconstruction condo units available to all potential buyers at the same time and the same price is something B.C.’s Finance Minister says she is open to trying in order to help make real estate more affordable in and around Vancouver. It’s part of a broader promise by the B.C. government to address soaring real estate prices in the Vancouver area. “We are open to looking at options that are necessary to make our housing market more affordable. We are not closing any door,� Carole James said in an interview. “If there are further steps we need to take we will be moving on them because this is a critical situation for people who live

Mahindra to acquire up to 10% stake in Canada’s Resson Aerospace Corp Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) has signed a share subscription agreement to acquire up to 10 percent share capital of Canada’s IT firm Resson Aerospace Corporation for up to CAD 6.63 million to be paid in cash. “The company has today signed a share subscription agreement for subscribing up to 8,00,402 Class C preferred shares of Resson Aerospace Corporation, Canada, which would result in the company holding up to 10 per cent of the share capital of Resson on a fully diluted basis,� M&M said in a regulatory filing.

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Single-family home sales weakest in decades Vancouver saw its weakest April for singlefamily home sales in nearly 30 years last month, data shows. The numbers are in line with the downward trend in detached home sales the city has seen all year — which experts say doesn’t bode well for the rest of the calendar year, given the fact that the spring months are usually the busiest time for sellers. On Wednesday, The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said only 171 detached homes in the city were sold Continued on page 7

and work in our province.� Ms. James’s reaction comes after a Globe and Mail investigation found select realtors and speculators who buy multiple condos have preferential first access to the most sought-after units in Vancouver, through private deals with developers.

The probe also discovered a significant number of industry insiders − particularly realtors − are buying then flipping condos themselves, for sixfigure profit, further squeezing

tight supply and driving up prices for ordinary buyers. The B.C. Real Estate Association, a trade group for roughly 23,000 agents in the province, issued a statement on Monday saying it supports efforts to track presale information, increase transparency and enforce higher penalties against unethical realtors. The association, which guards

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NDP MLAs share Khalistani stage Four Surrey New Democratic Party MLAs mounted a stage that featured a banner proclaiming Khalistan Zindabaad, or “Long Live Khalistan,� in big orange letters behind them during Surrey’s Vaisakhi celebration in Newton this past Saturday.

The slogan is rooted in a Sikh separatist movement to create a new country called Khalistan in northern India. Liberal MLAs, on the other hand, said they chose not to go on the stage, which was at 128th Street and 76th Avenue, because of the controversial

banner. “We were there with (Liberal leader) Andrew Wilkinson at that very stage. As soon as we saw that banner in behind, we told the organizers we’re not going on the stage, because we’re not going to get our pictures taken with that behind us,� Marvin Hunt, Liberal MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale, said. “We have no problem being part of the Vaisakhi and the celebrations of Vaisakhi in Surrey, but we’re certainly not going to get into that political turmoil that is India.�

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Abhimanyu Mishra Youngest US Chess Master Ever Abhimanyu “Abhi�

Mishra (pictured) made history this week, becoming the youngest US Chess master ever. And then he ate ice cream. Mishra broke the magic 2200 barrier at 9 years, 2 months and 17 days, besting the previous record held

by Liran Zhou of 9 years, 3 months and 22 days. Abhi clinched the honor on April 22, at the South Jersey Chess Club Action Quad in Marlton, NJ. Afterwards, he celebrated at Cold Stone Creamery, where he ordered the “Birthday Cake Remix� and “Our Strawberry Blonde�. Mishra told US Chess that

his favorite game on his final stretch to the NM title was in a quad a week prior, also in New Jersey. Mishra faced World Championship challenger Fabiano Caruana in a 2016 simul, as described in the New Yorker: “Among the very last players to be eliminated—and the only one to survive beyond his bedtime— was Abhimanyu Mishra, six years old, who had been taking swigs from a Lightning McQueen water bottle.� With Continued on page 7

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Ottawa to intervene in BC’s Trans Mountain court case The federal government says it will intervene in the B.C. provincial government’s Trans Mountain pipeline court reference action that will decide whether the province can restrict any increase in the amount of diluted bitumen that moves across its border.

“We are confident in Parliament’s jurisdiction and will intervene on the question in order to defend our clear jurisdiction over interprovincial pipelines,” Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said in a statement.

B.C. Premier John Horgan announced last month that his province’s highest court would be asked to determine if B.C. has the right to seek permits from companies that want to increase the amount of bitumen being shipped to the West Coast.

The federal government will now be in a position to make arguments and present evidence in the case. B.C. wants new rules for companies — like Kinder Morgan — bringing more oil through the province B.C. court reference a ‘recipe for economic gridlock,’ Alberta premier says The federal move is the latest development in the ongoing standoff between the B.C. government — which wants to block the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline from the Alberta oilsands to the B.C. coast — and the Alberta and federal governments, which back the expansion.

The court case essentially is asking the B.C. Court of Appeal if the province has the

jurisdiction to implement a law it has drafted that would amend the province’s Environmental Protection Act with the new regulations.

The draft legislation says companies seeking to bring more diluted bitumen through B.C. would need a permit from the province.

The new regulations, should they be deemed legal, would apply only to increases in the flow of bitumen into B.C., not to existing shipment levels. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has called the move another attempt by B.C. to delay or scuttle Kinder Morgan’s pipeline expansion.

“If bitumen was so hazardous, why would we only be looking at the incremental bitumen in the new pipeline?” she said last month.

“This isn’t about the environment. This is about the new pipeline, which is well beyond [B.C.’s] authority.” After B.C. announced it was going to the province’s highest court, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers described the action as little more than a stalling tactic designed to bog down the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

“The government of Canada now needs to exercise its constitutional authority and act in Canada’s best interests to move the project forward without further legal or political delays from the B.C. government, or risk hurting the national economy and the livelihoods of thousands of middle-class Canadians,” the organization said in a news release.

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RCMP need help identifying ‘indecent acts suspect’ A man was allegedly seen walking with his genitals exposed and appeared to masturbate in Guildford Heights Park Surrey RCMP are looking to identify an “indecent acts suspect.”

Police say a man was allegedly seen walking with his genitals exposed and appeared to masturbate in Guildford Heights Park, located near 155th Street and 101A Avenue.

According to an RCMP the incident happened around 6:41 p.m. on April 28. The witness obtained the photos being distributed, according to police, which were handed over to Surrey RCMP. The suspect is described as a Caucasian man in his mid 30’s, approximately six feet tall, weighing approximately 174 lbs.

Police say at the time of the incident the suspect was wearing a black leather jacket, grey hoodie, a white t-shirt and jeans.

Anyone with more information is asked to contact the Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502.

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Port of Vancouver truck drivers to get raise after 2014 Container truck drivers who work out of Port of Vancouver terminals will soon get their first raise in four years, while the regulator will be given more control.

In a release Friday, the government called it “immediate relief ” for Lower Mainland truckers, after having heard from the industry.

A 2.6-per-cent increase to trip rates and hourly wages will go into effect June 1 for licensed drivers serving the Port of Vancouver, marking the first rate

increase since 2014. Minimum daily callout rates will rise from $200 to $300.

Pay was a key issue in the dispute in 2016 that saw 2,000 truckers walk off the job and refuse to deliver imports from all over the world for almost a month.

The Office of the B.C. Container Trucking Commissioner has also been granted more power to enforce and investigate regulations within the industry, backed by more auditing and investigative staff.

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OPINION

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Electric cars won’t save the world but they will destroy lives Lee Harding

Anyone who says electric cars will save the world is dreaming. The adoption of electric cars over the next 20 years will barely shave a single per cent from the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Meanwhile, the batteries that power these cars rely on a nightmarish swath of human devastation. Most electric car buyers who pride themselves on doing the right thing have no idea of the birth defects, premature deaths, child labour and virtual slavery it took to make their new wheels move. All this is to keep carbon out of the air and a few hundred ducks out of oilsands tailing ponds.

Electric batteries have far more to do with cobalt than carbon. Cobalt is an essential element in lithium-ion batteries, the lighter kind that packs more energy than lead-acid batteries. It is true that these ‘green’ batteries

are found in tech devices and not just cars. But the 10 grams of cobalt for a smartphone battery or the ounce in a laptop are overwhelmingly outweighed by the 15 pounds of cobalt found in a typical electric car battery.

On the face of it, this would seem to be good news for the nation of Congo, which has about 60 per cent of the world’s known cobalt reserves. But so far Congo has only traded desperation for exploitation.

Papy Nsenga digs for cobalt by hand, like 100,000 other people in Congo. There is no salary and even on a good day he will only make $3 for what he finds. Deaths and injuries are common. But when a mine collapsed and crushed a digger’s leg and injured another’s head, Nsenga had to raise the hundreds of dollars for medical treatment from his fellow workers.

The companies that buy the cobalt rarely help.

“They don’t care,” a government mine inspector

told the Washington Post in 2016. “To them, if you bring them minerals and you’re sick or hurt, they don’t care.” The inspector said he has pulled 36 bodies out of mines. The day before his interview, he rescued four miners overcome by fumes from an underground fire.

Yes, there are gasses and pollutants worse than carbon dioxide. Ask the cobalt miners.

Cobalt mine pollution is taking its toll not only on miners, but on other people and wildlife in the area. Doctors at the University of Lubumbashi found the urine of residents who lived near mines and the smelters in southern Congo had 43 times as much cobalt, five times as much lead, and four times as much cadmium or uranium as normal. Nearby fish also had high levels of metals in their flesh.

Soils sampled near mine-intense Lubumbashi indicated the region was “among the 10 most polluted areas in the world.” Babies fathered by miners are more likely to have visible defects, including those of the rarest kind, such as mermaid syndrome. The Post met one 15-year-old mother who said both she and her doctor were frightened by the sight of her newborn son.

“We shouldn’t have to live like this,” Nsenga said.

“We are suffering,” said fellow digger Nathan Muyamba, 29. “And our suffering is for what?”

Their suffering, says the world’s farcical joke, is to save the Earth by decreasing the carbon footprint of cars.

On Feb. 25, Bloomberg told us, “Why Charging Your Electric Car at Night Could Save the World.” On March 15, Wired followed up with, “Even More Evidence that Electric Cars Could Save the Planet.”

But these statements are hollow hype. Even if the International Energy Agency is right and 280 million electric cars replace gas-powered ones, the impact in 2040 would only be one per cent of greenhouse gas emissions.

Death and destruction, all for one per cent.

Occupy Congo, anyone?

Lee Harding is a research associate for the Frontier Centre for Public Policy.

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Saturday, May 5, 2018 From page 1

British Columbia considers halt to exclusive access for condo presales

access to the lucrative MLS system, did not say whether it wants the whole presale market opened up to everyday buyers.

That insider’s game has flourished in recent years, because of the sustained hot condo market in both Vancouver and Toronto. In the three finished projects – where postconstruction sales figures are available – at least 32 per cent of 173 condos flipped at or near completion were resold by buyers who were also real estate agents, along with other speculators with inside access who had bought in early.

Most of the units were flipped without the speculators ever living in them or renting them out. On average, those players each reaped

a gross profit of $145,359. Their collective windfall was $10.6-million.

“We do really face a crisis and the work [The Globe is] doing points that out once again,” Ms. James said. Several additional resales by insiders couldn’t be added up, because they were done through contract assignment, also known as “shadow flipping.” Assignment deals such as that – where an initial buyer sells their contract to another buyer preconstruction – aren’t registered as sales with the land-titles registry.

Only the developers know how much money changes hands and they almost always take a cut of those flips. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has expressed concerns that speculators who profit from those deals aren’t reporting the

income on their taxes. That prompted the B.C. government to table new legislation, which will require developers to report all preconstruction sales to provincial and federal authorities.

In the wake of B.C.’s move, Ontario said it would work with the CRA “to explore more comprehensive reporting requirements” so that correct taxes are paid on real estate transactions. On Monday, a spokesperson for the Ontario Finance Minister said that work on “more comprehensive reporting requirements” was still continuing. John Pasalis, president of Realosophy real estate brokerage, said developers in Toronto are also selling a large percentage of their condos to realtors and other insiders – who then flip them before they are built – but

only because the existing tax rules allow it. “If you’re running a business and you have a client who keeps coming back to you and buys a lot of product you’re going to incent them,” he said. “To me, the bigger thing is why

provincially and federally is our tax system set up to incent speculators to just flip on these properties?” Several realtors who don’t have preferential access to new condos told The Globe they would like access to presale data, so they can tell clients what’s been bought and sold and for how much. They also want developers to be compelled to give the public equal access to all units.

The Urban Development Institute speaks for several Vancouver-area developers and said it is “largely supportive” of the government’s move to collect data for taxation. Its president said she is also open to the idea of ending exclusive access for particular realtors.

“Anything is open to discussion,” Anne McMullin said. “It would probably have to be between the realtors and the industry. There are all sorts of things you would have to look into.”

Ms. McMullin added developers face “way bigger obstacles,” such as approval delays on projects and increased taxation, which she said hinders the industry’s ability to build more affordable housing like new rental units.

Mahindra to acquire up to 10% stake in Canada’s Resson Aerospace Corp From page 1 Representative Image: Courtesy -- Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd Representative Image: Courtesy -Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd M&M said the cost of acquisition is up to CAD 6.63 million (equivalent to approximately Rs 34.5 crore) to be paid in cash. Resson is focussed on providing technology solutions for agriculture. It has developed a system which captures and interprets images to give farmers information about the state of their fields and crops. It operates primarily in Canada and the US. Resson had a turnover of CAD 1.43 million in the calendar year 2017.

M&M said the acquisition of sharn Resson is expected to support its businesses by developing technology solutions for the company’s farm division.

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Single-family home sales weakest in decades From page 1

to new owners over the month.

Experts say those numbers haven’t been that low for the month of April — or close to that low — since the late ‘90s.

The owners of this Vancouver house photographed in July may have sold at the peak, but if prices decline, the new buyer may discover the disadvantages of leverage during a falling market. Steve Saretsky, a real estate agent and industry blogger, said the slowdown has been a long time coming.

“The writing’s been on the wall for a number of months now,” he said.

Saretsky said the shift is due to a combination of factors: the market has seen a significant drop in foreign investment, speculation tax and tighter mortgage rules. Weak sales cause average 2017 price of Vancouver detached homes to tumble 6.5% All of this, Saretsky said, has many buyers putting their money toward smaller investments like condos.

“I think people are maybe a little bit more nervous about the market,” the

agent added. “The last three years, there’s been some incredible price growth and that obviously can’t continue.”

The agent stopped short of saying the the bubble is about to burst.

“You don’t necessarily really want to call it, but there are a lot of things in place right now that are working against the market. We’ve had this huge run-up and nothing goes up forever, and I certainly think we’re turning a corner here.”

Regional sales also slow The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says sales didn’t fare any better across the entire region of Metro Vancouver.

Data released Wednesday said regional sales fell to a 17-year low for the month of April.

The board said 2,579 detached properties, townhouses and condominiums sold last month in Metro Vancouver, down 27.4 per cent from April 2017.

It’s also more than 22 per cent below the 10-year average for the month.

‘You’re starting to witness the slowdown’: declines expected in

Wednesday’s Vancouver real estate figures “It’s just a matter of time when you have these weak sales and then, obviously, all the new changes coming to the market worrying buyers.”

“For those maybe holding out on the detached homes, I think they’re going to have to get a little bit more realistic.”

Last year, the average price of a detached home in Vancouver fell 6.5 per cent.

If you are interested in housing affordability, check out CBC’s new podcast, SOLD! Host Stephen Quinn explores how foreign investment in real estate divides community, class and culture. Find it at CBC Podcasts or Apple Podcasts.

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Abhimanyu Mishra Youngest US Chess Master Ever From page 1 the wisdom of a few more years of chess study and practice, Abhi revealed his impressions of Fabiano: I think Fabiano is the only player in the world currently who can beat Magnus. I like his positional play. Chess at the top level needs some excitement in the form of a new World Champion. People are getting tired seeing Magnus not getting tough resistance.

Abhi’s chess hero is Garry Kasparov, for his attacking play and high win % with black, “I hope to work with him one day.”

Mishra praised his amazing coaches, GM Arun Prasad S and Magesh Panchanathan, as well as the intense US Chess School sessions

he attended. Abhi at a US Chess School session in November, 2016 After celebrating with his coaches and friends at Kings and Queens Chess Academy, Abhi’s plans to work on becoming the youngest IM in the World, a record currently held by IM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa.

It means a lot to become the youngest master in US Chess history.

It gives me confidence to chase down the youngest IM and GM in the World records, which will require lots of pushing and hard work. Mishra’s favorite game in his short but illustrious career is this victory, played at the World Cadet Championships, where he earned the silver medal.

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Saturday, May 5, 2018

Surrey man who cut down tree full of peacocks could face $10K fine

Surrey’s Sullivan Heights peacocks staying put — for now The city says the Sullivan Heights peacocks are staying put for the time being.

Surrey’s bylaw manager Jas Rehal said no decision will be made about possibly relocating the birds until after a community meeting, that he says will likely be set for late May. “We need to engage with the community where they’re being impacted,” Rehal told the Now-Leader on Thursday. “My sense is that the community is split.

“We need to get together and talk about what the issues are, what people are facing,” he added.

Since the news broke that a homeowner had illegally cut down a tree earlier this week, that served as a home to many of the peacocks, organizations wanting to help have been contacting the city “including organizations throughout the Lower Mainland and throughout the province that care for peacocks,” said Rehal.

But no decisions will be made until after the meeting, he stressed.

Meantime, Rehal said city staff are awaiting a “formal report back from an arborist” before it decides if the homeowner who axed the tree will be facing further fines or if other legal action will be taken. A $1,000 fine has already been issued.

Councillor Mike Starchuk said no current laws exist on what to do with these peacocks.

“All of the bylaws we have don’t apply,” he explained. “This was just one area that was not addressed through BC Wildlife or SPCA through the bylaws.” The city created bylaws for backyard chickens, which state a property can only have four, couldn’t have a rooster and “considered the whole issue around nuisance and health and safety and hygiene,” noted Starchuk.

But there’s just no law for this peacock situation.

“This isn’t a population of very small creatures that have no impact on the neighbourhood there,” said Starchuk. “We probably all endured being on somebody’s property where somebody nearby holds loud parties and throw their empties in somebody else’s yard, so the party is like the peacocks, and instead of beer cans it’s poop.

How do we right this? It’s not a natural occurrence. Peacocks are not native to Surrey.

“I think there’s a part of society that says we should be able to, as homeowners, enjoy our property,” he added. “When the ability for me to enjoy my own backyard has been defeated, we really need to find a solution.”

Starchuk said “emotions are a little too raw to come out with a rational decision (right now).”

“As far as the solution, that’s the purpose of having these consultations,” he said. Meantime, locals seem divided on the peacock problem.

While many are furious the Sullivan homeowner illegally cut down the tree, others have shown empathy and understanding to his situation. Parm Brar told the Now-Leader he felt he out of options after pleading for three years with the city to do something about the birds.

A Surrey homeowner who cut down a tree that was housing dozens of peacocks could find himself paying a steep price for the act.

For more than a decade, feral peacocks have lived in Surrey’s Sullivan neighbourhood at 150th Street and 62nd Avenue. While the birds are popular with many in the neighbourhood, one homeowner told Global News as many as 40 of the birds who were living in the tree were “dripping” into his yard and destroying his roof. Earlier this week he took matters into his own hands, having the tree cut down — admittedly, without a permit.

He was initially assessed a $1,000 fine, but now Surrey’s manager of bylaws says he could be on the hook for 10 times that amount.

“Our investigation is ongoing,” said Jas Rehal. “We’re looking into further fines of upwards towards $10,000 for both the

property owner and the individuals who cut down the tree.” Rehal acknowledged that the homeowner had been asking the city for three years to do something about the peacocks, who he said were ruining his property.

Rehal added the birds pose a particular challenge for the city. “The peacocks are not something that normally fall within the scope of animal control and they fall outside the scope of conservation,” he said. “This is definitely one of the more stranger ones.”

Since the tree was removed, neighbours have expressed outrage, describing the decision as “unreal.”

Meanwhile, in what may be an ironic conclusion to the tale, the now nest-less peacocks have taken up residence on the roof of the homeowner who had the tree removed.

Toxic drug supply spikes Vancouver overdose calls The City of Vancouver says the number of emergency calls for drug overdoses and suspected overdose deaths spiked in the final week of April.Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services responded to 207 overdose calls from April 23 to 29 — a 74 per cent increase from the previous week. Mayor Gregor Robertson says the spike is the result of a toxic supply of drugs currently on city streets, and people are urged to take precautions

such as using supervised consumption sites.

The city says it’s supporting initiatives aimed at curbing the use of tainted drugs such as the B.C. Centre for Disease Control’s pilot program to expand access to hydromorphone. B.C. doctors welcome Ottawa’s move to make it easier to prescribe heroin and methadone Vancouver police say 108 people have died of suspected overdoses this year, adding to the 365 people.

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NDP MLAs share Khalistani stage

NDP MLA Garry Begg reads out a Sikh heritage month proclamation, sharing a stage with fellow MLAs Harry Bains, Rachna Singh and Jagrup Brar, during Surrey’s Vaisakhi celebration.

Hunt said about 10 Liberal MLAs were preparing to head on stage before the NDP. “We saw that banner and we told the organizers of that stage we’re not going on the stage with that sign behind us,” he said. “We were right there. We saw that, we said there’s no way we’re getting our pictures taken up there, we’re not coming on that stage.”

Garry Begg, NDP MLA for Surrey-Guildford, was on stage and read out a proclamation on behalf of Premier John Horgan, declaring April Sikh Heritage Month in B.C. Begg said he was not aware what the slogan meant and didn’t notice it when he was there. “I actually didn’t see that when I went up on stage,” said Begg, who served as a Mountie for 38 years before entering public life. “I didn’t notice that at all.”

Begg served the last eight years of his policing career in Surrey as a district commander, watch commander and operations support officer.

He was elected in 2017. Surrey-Newton NDP MLA Harry Bains, a veteran politician currently serving as B.C.’s minister of labour, has not missed a Vaisakhi parade in his constituency since he was first elected in 2005. He says he doesn’t subscribe to Sikh separatist ideology.

He was also on the stage. “I believe in a united India, an India that is united and secular and inclusive,” he told the Now-Leader. “The only way India is going to shine is if it is united and secular and inclusive, that’s what my beliefs are.

“Perception is important, I know, but for this parade every year that I’ve been there you see elements of Khalistan, whether they’re flags or

floats or stages all along the route,” said Bains.

“Five hundred thousand people didn’t go there to support that philosophy or ideology. I’m part of that 500,000 people, although I’m elected, but I want to join them to celebrate Vaisakhi.

“Other people want to express their views, those are their views, they can do whatever they want, I don’t share many of the views of many people who have political aspirations or political views on certain things whether inside Canada or outside of Canada,” he added.

“If people promote certain ideology peacefully in Canada they have that right and you don’t need to agree with them, but if anybody is promoting violence I don’t stand with them, I denounce violence,” Bains said.

“I can speak on behalf of my other colleagues as well, they believe in a united India. They believe that India must be secular and inclusive, that’s the only way it’s going to shine in the world. That’s who I am, and my philosophy.

Other people can have their own ideology; I don’t support any other ideology than that,” he said. Bains said he doesn’t spend a lot of time talking about politics outside of Canada, but because he was born in India, he said, of course part of his “mind and body and heart” thinks about his birthplace. But that said, he added, “I adopted Canada, and 110 per cent of my energy, commitment is to B.C. politics, is to Canadian politics. Other than that, in that Vaisakhi many people have their own political views, those are their views, I don’t share those views, I stand for a united India.

Report of ‘distraught man with a rifle’ closes south end of 176 Street A report of a distraught person sent Surrey RCMP racing to a property in the 1300-block of 176 Street Thursday afternoon.

Police were alerted to the incident at approximately 2:30 p.m. More than a dozen police units – including an armoured truck – responded, as well as an ambulance. At the scene, attention was focused on a property with greenhouses, located on the east side of 176 Street, and police – noting reports of a suicidal man walking around with a rifle – were advising members of the public to avoid the area or stay

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inside. Traffic along 176 Street was closed in both directions between 8 and 16 Avenues, and drivers were told to plan alternate routes.

An RCMP news release issued shortly after 4 p.m. said police were dealing with “a distraught person.” “The investigation is ongoing and multiple police units are on the scene,” the release stated. At 5:45 p.m., a second news release advised that the incident had been resolved, and “there are no safety concerns for the general public.”

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Surrey police arrest suspect in Vancouver stabbing A Vancouver man with a Canada-wide warrant has been arrested in Surrey in relation to a March 17 stabbing in Vancouver.

Vancouver Police say Surrey RCMP arrested Thomas Joseph Lloyd Brown, 25, Wednesday night in north Surrey at about 10 p.m.

Brown was the subject of a public appeal for information on his whereabouts on March 22. He has been at-large since March 17, after

a man was stabbed at a family gathering near Stautlo Avenue and Crown Street on the Musqueam Territory.

Police say the man sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Brown was wanted for aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and assault causing bodily harm in relation to this incident. He remains in custody.

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Premier Horgan announces $64 M for new elementary school in South Surrey A close to $64-million commitment from the provincial government will provide funding for a new elementary school in South Surrey, as well as land for a second school and money to expand two elementary schools in Fleetwood. The announcement was made Monday by Premier John Horgan and Education Minister Rob Fleming at a news conference at South Surrey’s Sunnyside Elementary. The event brought out Surrey MLAs, Mayor Linda Hepner and councillors and school board members en masse.

All cheered the new funding, which Fleming said “goes a long way to addressing a backlog that parents and kids have had to live with too long.” Horgan noted overcrowding challenges experienced by Surrey, which has the highest student enrolment in B.C. at 70,736 in kindergarten to Grade 12, as of September of last year, the result of a burgeoning population.

“We, as a province, have not kept pace with that growth,” Horgan said.

The money will go toward building a new elementary school beside Dufferin Park in the Douglas area of South Surrey, expanding Frost Road Elementary and Coyote Creek Elementary in the Fleetwood area to reduce the number of portables currently in use, and buying land for a future elementary school in Grandview Heights.

Largest of the three projects is the twostorey elementary school beside Dufferin Park. Budgeted at $24.3 million, it will accommodate 605 students, provide a Neighborhood Learning Centre and two childcare rooms, media and technology spaces and outdoor washrooms, as well as relieve

enrolment pressure at Hall’s Prairie, Pacific Heights and South Meridian elementaries.

Construction is scheduled to begin early next year, with completion expected by December 2020 – three months after the anticipated opening of a previously announced new secondary school in Grandview Heights.

A total of $28.9 million out of the funds announced is earmarked for buying land for a future elementary school at the southeast corner of 20 Avenue and 165 Street.

Including Monday’s announcement, the province will have announced $107 million in Surrey school since September, including a new $24 million, 655-seat elementary school in Grandview Heights, and a $9 million, 300seat expansion to Pacific Heights Elementary.

The three projects announced Monday will add 855 new K-12 spaces in Surrey.

“It is just the beginning,” Horgan acknowledged. “We have a lot more work to do… but I believe we’ll be able to achieve our goals if we all work together.”

In response to reporters’ questions, Horgan said that while the new funding may only mean keeping pace with current demand, a start has to be made.

“We have to get ahead of it,” Horgan said.

“This is what we can do today. We need more tomorrow – and that starts tomorrow. We’re way behind in meeting growth. The last school opening in Surrey was in 2014 and the next one is this fall, and that’s too long between openings…we’re behind the 8-ball in Surrey and we’ve known that for a long time.”

He added that the prevous BC Liberal government was also aware of the problems Surrey was experiencing and the need for more investment in schools.

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Emergency alert test will ping your cellphone next week Millions of cellphones, tablets and other portable devices will sound off across the country next week to test Canada’s new public emergency alert system.

The country’s broadcast and telecom regulator says the tests will be carried out next Monday in Ontario and Quebec and on Wednesday in the rest of the country. The full schedule is available on the website for the system known as Alert Ready.

Test signals will go to every mobile device connected to an LTE network and will also be aired on TV and radio stations in the same regions. All wireless service providers were

required to distribute emergency messages as of April 6 under the national warning system known as Alert Ready. The signals are controlled by emergency management officials to warn the public of imminent threats, such as tornadoes, floods and fires, as well as water contamination and Amber alerts. Depending on the service provider, the alerts could make a distinctive noise or simply buzz a device, although in some cases, users will have to acknowledge receipt of the alert before being able to resume normal function of their devices.

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Federal court allows son of Russian spies to have Canadian citizenship Timothy Vavilov, a Torontoyoung men are Canadian born son of Russian spies, citizens. The high court is expected to rule soon on has won a court victory that effectively affirms his Canadian whether it will examine the citizenship, four years after legal issues at the heart of the unusual espionage saga. the government rebuffed an attempt to renew his The Vavilov brothers passport. The Federal Court were born in the 1990s to parents using the aliases of Canada ruling follows a similar decision in his younger Donald Heathfield and brother Alexander’s case. Alex Tracey Ann Foley. The Timothy Vavilov, Alex Vavilov (left). parents were arrested eight Vavilov’s family inspiration for the TV show The Americans. All he wants now years ago in the United States and indicted on is a normal life However, the Supreme Court of charges of conspiring to act as secret agents on Canada will have the final say on whether the behalf of Moscow.

Police hunting for man who violently shoved woman on skytrain platform Metro Vancouver Transit Police are searching for the identity of a man wanted in connection to an assault on a Skytrain platform April 6. Video shows the victim getting hit by a coffee cup and being pushed to the ground.

Metro Vancouver Transit Police have released a video of an Shocking video shows woman shoved to SkyTrain platform after coffee assault on a SkyTrain thrown at her head platform and are hoping and back injuries and bruising. the public can identify the suspect. The video, Police say she was very upset by the event taken on April 6 at approximately 10:45 a.m., but she is doing well. shows a woman rushing to board a train at Do you recognize this man as pictured New Westminster SkyTrain Station. She did at the New Westminster SkyTrain station not make the train and the doors closed. on April 6? Do you recognize this man as Police say she believes, in her haste, that she pictured at the New Westminster SkyTrain inadvertently bumped into the suspect while station on April 6? trying to reach the train. In the video, the Transit police handout The suspect is man and woman can then be seen exchanging described as a Caucasian man in his mid-30s, words, before the woman walks away. That approximately six feet tall, with a medium is when the suspect allegedly threw his coffee build, short black hair and possibly blue eyes. on the woman’s back and head. As she turns He was wearing a black hoodie with white around again and comes towards him, he designs on the pocket area and carrying pushes her to the ground. She can be seen a coffee. Anyone who recognizes this falling backwards and striking her head on suspect, or has any information regarding the platform. this incident, is asked to call the Metro Police say another passenger came to the Vancouver Transit Police tip line at 604aid of the woman and the suspect left.

516-7419 and refer to file# 18-6202, or text The victim, a 42-year-old New Westminster them at 87-77-77. woman, was taken to hospital for minor neck

Fake $20 bills circulating in Fraser Valley, police warn The Abbotsford Police Department says fraudsters are passing fake $20 bills at local businesses.

Officers say the fake bills are computerprinted and have a clear plastic fake hologram taped to them.

“Businesses are likely to be targeted during busy periods or when less experienced staff is working,” said a release from APD. Police are asking people to look closely at the bills and watch for the following criteria: Make sure the denomination in the hologram matches the denomination on the banknote; the hologram of the fake currency is blank.

For more information on how authentic Canadian currency should look visit the Bank of Canada web site.

Police say that if a business suspects a $20 bill it is being offered is not legitimate, employees should refuse the bill, ask for a different one and advise the person offering it to have it checked at a bank or with police.

“When requesting an alternate bill, be polite; the person in possession of the bill could be an innocent victim who does not realize that the bill is counterfeit,” said APD. The force says only to ask for an alternative bill if doing so does not put an employee at risk. However, once a fake bill is in the possession of a business, it is their responsibility to surrender it to the bank or police. Businesses surrendering counterfeit bills do not get reimbursed. “The best defence against this type of fraud is vigilance at the time of the transaction,” said police.

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Immediate action on enforcement, rates to benefit container trucking industry - Jagrup Brar

Finance minister Carol James (second from right) and Surrey MLA Jagrup Brar (right) with South Asian Business’s president Victor Lal (left) Balwinder Chahal at Bombay Banquet Hall where James presented 2018’s budget and economic updateb to SABA members.

BC gov’t is delivering immediate relief for Lower Mainland container truck drivers by expediting tougher enforcement, and taking steps to improve the rate structure, MLA Jagrup Brar announced on Friday.

“Our government has heard clearly from the container truck industry that more needs to be done, urgently, to help make things better for truck drivers, and we’re taking action,” said Brar, and he adds that drivers haven’t seen a rate increase in four years. “We’re putting more money in the pockets of drivers by increasing trip rates and hourly wages, and empowering the commissioner to look at the overall rate structure. These are the first of many steps we are starting immediately to make sure Canada’s busiest port runs as efficiently as possible while ensuring the sector’s long-term stability and competitiveness.” These actions support and advance the commitments made by the Province with the adoption of the 14-point Joint Action Plan, and will contribute to the future stability of container truck operations at Port of Vancouver terminals. These

commitments include: * Getting tougher on enforcement. The B.C. container trucking commissioner will have more capacity to enforce and investigate existing regulations with more auditors and investigative support, to ensure everyone in the industry is following the rules. * Putting more money into the pockets of drivers. Effective June 1, 2018, trip rates and hourly wages will be raised 2.6% for licensed container truck drivers serving the Port of Vancouver, and the minimum daily call-out rate will be raised to $300, from $200.

These rates have not changed since 2014.

These rate increases will be enforced through the office of the commissioner. * Taking a closer look at the overall rate structure. The commissioner has been directed to consult with industry on the sector’s regulated rate structure, including looking at payments on a round-trip basis and the regulation of off-dock trips, and delivering final recommendations to the minister in fall 2018. * Continuing to monitor the implementation of the Tag Management Policy.

Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver to close in 2020 The Four Seasons hotel in downtown Vancouver is shutting down after operating for more than 40 years. The hotel, located on West Georgia Street next to Pacific Centre, will close for good on Jan. 31, 2020. A statement said the hotel’s landlord, Cadillac Fairview, didn’t renew its lease for the property Cadillac Fairview sued the hotel in December, alleging that the hotel looked “tired” and outdated, not keeping “with typical first-class luxury hotels.” The landlords sued in hopes that a judge would rule that the hotel violated its lease terms. If that happened,

Cadillac Fairview would be free to bring a new hotel to the site.

The landlord also sought damages for the alleged breach of the lease.

The hotel filed a response to the lawsuit “denying each and every allegation.” None of the claims have been proven in court.

The Four Seasons was one of only two Vancouver hotels and one of six in Canada to earn a five-star rating in the Forbes Travel Guide. The Rosewood Hotel Georgia — just across the street — was the other Vancouver hotel to get a nod.

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Three gangsters in gangster Bacon’s murder plot slapped with stiff prison sentences

BC Supreme Court Justice Allan Betton.

Dozens of gunshots that hit a Porsche Cayenne outside a luxury hotel here almost seven years ago resulted in horrendous injuries to those who survived the targeted attack.

Notorious Red Scorpion gangster Jonathan Bacon, the one fatality in the August 14, 2011, shooting, “died as a result of blood loss from multiple gunshot injuries primarily to the posterior and right chest, abdomen and hip area,� according to an agreed statement of fact read at the sentencing hearing for three gangsters who admitted their roles in the murder plot. “The bullets traversed through the chest and abdomen resulting in injuries to the left lung, stomach, bowel, liver, spleen, left kidney and bladder.�

Hells Angel Larry Amero, who was driving the Porsche when rival gangsters began shooting, was hit in the cheek, the chest and the left forearm. “The injury to the right cheek was a small penetrating injury through the cheek with an associated fracturing of the adjacent molar tooth. The bullet wound to Mr. Amero’s right upper chest had an associated injury to his right upper arm which resulted in ‌ loss of function in his right arm.â€?

Lindsay Black, one of two women in the back of the Porsche at the time, “was shot twice in the gluteal portion of her legs, but has no ongoing physical injury.�

But her friend, Leah Hadden-Watts, seated beside her, suffered devastating injuries, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Allan Betton heard.

An assault rifle fired by either killer Jason McBride or fellow shooter Manny Hairan (later shot to death himself) hit her in the back of the neck, shattering two of her vertebrae and severing her spinal cord. She can’t walk and has “limited capacity in her upper extremities.� “Ms. Hadden-Watts’ life expectancy has been reduced by approximately 70 per cent of a non-spinal-cord-injured individual.�

Uninjured in the attack was Independent Soldier James Riach, who jumped out of the Porsche and hid as the shooting began.

Betton accepted a joint sentencing submission from Crown and defence lawyers for McBride, Jujhar Khun-Khun and Michael Jones. McBride pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder and attempted murder, admitting he shot an AK-47-like automatic rifle at the Porsche outside the Delta Grand hotel that sunny Sunday afternoon. Betton sentenced him to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for 18 years. Jones and Khun-Khun each pleaded guilty to conspiracy

to commit murder — Jones for driving the killers to the execution and Khun-Khun for being part of the hunt. Each was sentenced to 18 years, with a net term of 10 years after credit for pretrial custody.

Betton said both Jones and Khun-Khun should serve at least half their remaining sentence because of “the peculiar and egregious nature of these matters (and) the prolonged element of the conspiracy.�

Normally inmates can apply for parole at the one-third mark of their sentence.

The judge said the gangland slaying in a crowded downtown area “shocked the community.� “That area, as could be expected, was busy with people at and around the hotel going about their business,� he told a packed, high-security courtroom. Jujhar Khun-Khun (left), charged with the death of Jonathan Bacon in a turf war over drugs. Sukh Dhak is on the right. Betton noted the gangster victims, who had formed the Wolf Pack coalition, “had become targets of retaliation for the shooting death of Gurmit Dhak� in October 2010.

Dhak’s brother Sukh plotted revenge, calling on McBride, Jones, Khun-Khun, Hairan and other allies to help in the hunt.

Sukh Dhak was later murdered in November 2012. Amero is now charged with conspiracy to kill the younger Dhak brother.

When Sukh Dhak and his hit men learned on Aug. 13, 2011, that his Wolf Pack rivals were in Kelowna, “the conspiracy that had been ongoing was then fine-tuned and led to the critical events that occurred just after 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 14,� Betton said. “That no one else was injured or killed — but for it being true — would seem unbelievable.� Forty-five expended cartridges were recovered outside the Delta Grand. There were 34 bullet holes in the Porsche. One 9mm bullet hit the window of the Kelowna Art Gallery across the street and two more went through a wall and into a hair salon. He said the joint submissions adequately addressed the nature of the crime and some of the challenges that the Crown had with the case — a series of unsavory cooperating witnesses and months of delays in the proceedings related to disclosure issues.

The police crime scene outside the Delta Grand Hotel after the shooting of Jonathan Bacon on Aug. 14, 2011. Don Sipos / Submitted “I do accept the joint submissions. In my view, reasonable and informed persons aware of all the relevant circumstances could not see the joint submission as reflecting a breakdown in the proper functioning in the justice system,�

Betton said.

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Jagmeet Singh expels MP accused of harrasement New Democrats say there was “no joy� in leader Jagmeet Singh’s decision to expel Saskatchewan MP Erin Weir on Wednesday following an investigation that revealed claims of sexual harassment against him, but they appear united in support of their leader’s decision.

Speaking to reporters in Ottawa on Thursday morning, Singh said he had been prepared to take a “rehabilitative approach� to keep Weir in the fold, but suggested the MP’s comments this week, in which he criticized the investigation and one complainant, “made it clear he did not accept responsibility for what the inquiry found to be a fact.�

Singh said he “could not in good conscience� allow Weir to remain a member of the NDP caucus and expelled him on Wednesday night.

Weir had been suspended from his duties since February, after MP Christine Moore sent an email to the NDP caucus alleging that multiple women had told her Weir had harassed them.

But Weir stood by his comments in an interview on Thursday. “I certainly didn’t want to bring this debate into the public realm, but once the complaint was put out there into the public domain, it did merit a public response,� he said. Regarding the separate complaints of sexual harassment, he said he apologizes “to anyone that I made uncomfortable by standing too close to them at a social event, or speaking with them more than they wanted to talk with

me.� But he added that his behaviour “is pretty far from what most Canadians would think of as sexual harassment.�

Weir said his expulsion is a “massive overreaction,� given that MPs frequently make public comments without the express approval of party leaders. An independent investigation revealed one claim of harassment and three claims of sexual harassment against Weir. Singh would not provide details of the allegations, but said the investigation “found that Mr. Weir failed to read non-verbal cues in social settings and that his behaviour resulted in significant negative impacts to the complainants.� The report, which has not been made public, also found that Weir stopped when he was told his advances were unwanted.

Several NDP MPs say Singh made the right decision given Weir’s comments criticizing the investigation. “We were all very surprised and very let down that Erin decided not to go through a process of working to find a solution, but to actually attack the women and try and discredit them,� Ontario MP Charlie Angus said. “There was a process. He basically blew the process up.� Asked to address the issue on Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that “no one in any workplace across this country should be subject to harassment or sexual violence or intimidation of any sort.

Those are the rules.�

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Court of Appeal rejects class action lawsuit against makers of Cold-FX British Columbia’s highest court has dismissed an appeal from a Vancouver Island man who hoped to certify a class-action lawsuit against the makers of the cold and flu product Cold-FX. Don Harrison wanted the B.C. Court of Appeal to overturn a lower court ruling that found, in part, that he failed to accurately identify a class of people who were concerned about the marketing of the ginseng-based natural remedy. In a unanimous decision, a three justice panel of the Appeal Court says Harrison’s efforts to overcome some of the problems with his case identified by the lower court are “insufficient” and “come too late”

to be taken into account. Harrison launched his legal action in 2012 against Valeant Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its subsidiary that makes Cold-FX, Afexa Life Sciences Inc., over advertising that said the product offered “immediate relief of cold and flu symptoms” if taken over a three-day period at the first sign of illness. He sought restitution for amounts that he and others spent on the product, alleging Valeant misrepresented the product, although those assertions have not been tested in court. In dismissing the case, the Appeal Court says there have been repeated efforts by Harrison and his lawyer to refine the scope of the class action. But after

Vancouver says no to CCTV on downtown Granville strip The City of Vancouver will not be installing surveillance cameras along the popular Granville Entertainment District.

The motion was discussed along with other proposed changes to the area as part the city’s liquor policy update at Wednesday’s council meeting. Proponents of CCTV, like Vancouver city councillor George Affleck, said the tool would help with policing along the busy corridor. “It would be prudent for us to pursue this and get some cameras on there, not only so people can feel protected, but to make it easier for police to prosecute any situation on Granville Street,” Affleck said.

He pointed to the recent death of nightclub bouncer Kalwinder Thind, who was killed attempting to break up a fight on the strip in January. “One of the challenges we had in the recent death was there’s very little footage and very little information we can find about who the killer was,” Affleck said. “They do nothing to deter drunk people from doing anti-social things,” Vonn said.

Women’s safety on the Granville strip — what CBC saw on a night out Furthermore, she pointed out that research from London, England, which has extensive CCTV in public street spaces, often didn’t produce clear video for prosecution.

Vancouver chiropractor resigns from college board over anti-vaccine video The vice-chair of B.C.’s chiropractors’ college has resigned from his position after CBC revealed an anti-vaccination video he had created.

The College of Chiropractors of B.C. says it is now looking for an independent investigator to look into the actions of Vancouver chiropractor Avtar Jassal.

“While the College recognizes that immunization is well established and widely mandated for protection from infectious disease, the recommendation and/or provision of vaccination or counsel against immunization or vaccination, is outside

Surrey’s largest hotel is behind a picket line after roughly 120 unionized employees of the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel went on strike early Tuesday morning and Surrey’s Board of Trade is worried it will interfere with the mayor’s annual State of the City address.

“The union has broken off talks with the employer as they steadfastly refuse to respond to the union’s proposals in

the scope of chiropractic practice,” the college said in a news release.

The college says Jassal had already stepped down from the college’s inquiry committee, which investigates complaints against chiropractors.

Jassal’s live video, created in November, suggested that fruit smoothies are more effective than the flu shot at preventing influenza. Medical experts say that while good nutrition is

important for maintaining a healthy immune system, it’s no replacement for vaccination.

The video was one of several posts from chiropractors across B.C. that have been removed from Facebook in the last week after they were pointed out to the college and the Ministry of Health. The college said Friday the vast majority of chiropractors comply with a policy specifically prohibiting providing advice about immunization.

“We became aware of the vice chair of the college’s activities over a year ago,” Robinson said. “We told the CCBC [college] and the Ministry of Health.” Canada’s chiropractic associations have had a policy in place since 1991 that says vaccination is not within the scope of practice for chiropractors, and that recommends patients seek information from qualified health professionals, including public health authorities.

Robinson described Jassal’s statements about the flu shot as “unacceptable.” “These behaviours and comments need to stop,” Robinson wrote.

Surrey’s biggest hotel behind picket lines

compensation.” The strike began at 4 a.m., after the Collective Agreement expired.

It comes just days before some major events set for the hotel. The Sweet Adelines’ convention, with about 700 women expected from British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan is being held this coming Thursday through Sunday.

“Of course there are a few concerns but mostly we’re going to be trying to make best of it,” said Yvonne Meyer, competition coordinator and regional membership director, who lives in Enderby. “We have been notified that most services will be removed and we would be crossing a picket line.” The Surrey Board of Trade is also set to hold its 10th annual Surrey International Trade Awards night at the hotel on Thursday, May 10, and the board’s CEO Anita Huberman is quite concerned. “It’s very unfortunate, well, it’s a bit concerning because it’s our international trade awards reception and we have our consulate offices from Vancouver coming out and whether or not they’re going to cross the picket line is a question, so I have my staff phoning the consulates right now to see if that’s going to be a problem,” Huberman said. “If it’s going to be a problem then the event is compromised. Normally I would think of moving the event but we have such a large number of people attending, it’s hard to move a large number of people. For this event it’s around 250.“But the next event after that, if this job action doesn’t resolve itself, is our mayor’s annual State of the City address for Linda Hepner,” she noted. “That’s May 24 and we have 500 people coming to that, and to change locations is simply mindblowingly difficult. It compromises my brand for the organization, it compromises everything, and of course we want to make sure that Linda’s last annual ‘State of the City’ is perfect.” Meantime, Huberman said that for next week’s event, “We’re just waiting the next couple of days to see what happens.

writing,” Peter McQuade, Unifor’s national representative and lead negotiator, told the Now-Leader. “They have also tabled an insulting offer where more than half of the employees would be earning less three years from now than they presently earn. The members have had approximately 6.2 per cent in increases in the last eight years which on average is around ninety cents in total.”

“There are no future scheduled talks at

this time,” McQuade said. The Unifor Local 3000 members work in guest services, the lounge, the kitchen, on banquets, laundry, as room attendants and in maintenance at the hotel, at 15269 104th Ave. Jerry Dias, Unifor’s national president, said the hotel’s “refusal” to bargain with the union betrays a “total lack of respect for the workers who make that hotel a success. Hospital workers deserve good working conditions and fair

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David Ebby’s town hall cancelled as BC government faces backlash over luxury-home tax A mounting protest in Vancouver against a tax hike on homes valued above $3-million has prompted B.C.’s Attorney-General to cancel a town-hall meeting, citing security concerns.

Opposition to the tax increase, which was not part of the NDP campaign platform, has been escalating, particularly in David Eby’s Vancouver-Point Grey riding.

The 300 tickets for the event were quickly snapped up. In an interview, Mr. Eby said on Tuesday that his staff contacted the Vancouver

police liaison unit to express concerns that people without tickets might try to enter.

Mr. Eby blamed some in the real-estate sector and B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson for the cancellation, because they encouraged people without tickets to attend. Mr. Wilkinson made the suggestion in a public letter.

Mr. Eby said police could not commit officers or offer a security plan.

“My volunteers are high school students and seniors, and we didn’t have a budget

Richmond homicide victims identified Investigators have home after identified the man reports of gunfire and the woman who Cpl. Frank Jang said police believe were killed in a double the killings homicide in Richmond happened inside on Monday. the house, which The bodies of is near a park and 36-year-old Keri a school.

Smith and 37-year-old Terrence Peter Smith Anyone with were found in an information is Eckersley Road home Keri Smith, 36, and Terrence Peter Smith, 37 asked to contact just after 2:30 a.m. PT. IHIT, in a news release, said the pair was the IHIT Tipline at 1-877-551-4448 or known to police and their deaths are believed ihittipline@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. to be targeted.

RCMP discover 2 bodies in Richmond

Charges laid in citizen’s arrest of Delta break-and-enter suspect The acts of some Good Samaritans in Tsawwassen have led to the arrest of a break-and-enter suspect Monday (April 30).

According to the Delta police, officers received a call around 12:30 p.m. about a possible breakand-enter in the residential area near Brandrith Park. When police arrived on scene, a U-Haul van collided with a police car in its attempt to

leave. The officer in the vehicle was not injured.

Police did not pursue the van, citing concerns over public safety. It was seen heading north on 56th Street, where witnesses said the driver ran a red light, clipped another vehicle, jumped the median and was involved in a head-on collision with another van.

Twi charged on first anniversary of Coquitlam triple-fatal crash Charges under the Motor Vehicle Act have been announced against two people almost exactly a year after a Coquitlam crash that killed three.

On the evening of April 28, 2017, three vehicles collided on Lougheed Highway just north of Pitt River Road in Coquitlam.

Cousins Ella Reese Hernandez, 9, and Tyler Mollie Wong Hernandez, 3, were killed in the crash, along with a 30-year-old woman in another vehicle.

On Thursday, two days before the first anniversary of the crash, Coquitlam RCMP announced a charge had been laid against a driver. On Tuesday, an additional charge was announced against a second driver.

Photos of cousins Tyler Mollie Wong Hernandez, age 3, and Ella Reese Hernandez, age 9. The girls were killed in a motor vehicle accident on Lougheed Highway in Coquitlam on April 28, 2017. Source: https://www. youcaring.com/garyhernandez-812964 http://www.youcaring.com / PNG “Our goal was always to provide the most complete and accurate version of events to the B.C. Prosecution Service,” said Cpl. Michael McLaughlin of the year-long investigation.

“We spoke with victims, witnesses, experts in digital data retrieval and vehicle manufacturers to gather every possible piece of evidence. We only hope this provides the victims’ families some measure of closure.”

Adam Goulding, a Surrey resident, faces one count of driving without due care and

attention, while Hamed Darbarpar, a 20-yearold Port Coquitlam man, also faces one count of driving without due care and attention.

for security,” said Mr. Eby, who added the meeting will be held at a larger location later.

“It’s an unprecedented situation for me.

I have never had to cancel an event before.

We’re not shrinking violets in the VancouverPoint Grey constituency office, but in this situation it was just too much,” he said.

The Attorney-General’s riding has many homes valued at more than $3-million. He

said alternatives are being considered for a gathering, including a telephone town hall. “I prefer face to face if we can do it, and I’d like to do that, but I am looking at all the options,” he said.

The measure, announced in the budget in February, is a province-wide increased school tax on “high-valued” residential properties, including detached homes, stratified condos, townhouse units and most vacant land.

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Tank-drilling gas bandits steal fuel as gas prices rise in Metro Vancouver There has been a rash of gas thefts in Langley B.C., with a twist — of a drill bit.

Thieves are puncturing gas tanks to drain the valuable contents, with fuel prices hitting recordlevelsat160.9centsperlitreinVancouver.

They’re mostly targeting trucks or vehicles with larger capacity gas tanks, according to auto repair shops and tow truck drivers in the area.

Gas prices hit record 160.9 cents per litre in Vancouver Brent Theilade found himself standing in a puddle of gas-soaked pavement early Monday morning when he got to his Dodge Ram on his way to work at a garden wholesaler and found his tank empty.

‘I would have rathered them siphon it because drilling a hole in somebody’s tank of gas is just worse than ever. You already stole my gas. Now you ruined my vehicle,’ says Langley resident Brent Theilade. (Brent Theilade) “I was angry at first. I’d just filled up $120 the day before,” said the Langley man, who parked in the Walnut Grove Drive of North Langley.

The gas cap, which does not lock,

was secure, but a check under the truck revealed a dripping tank.

Then he noticed a note on his windshield.

It was from the driver who parked behind him, warning that a hole had been drilled in his 98-litre tank by gas thieves who made off with up to $150 worth of gas.

He called a tow service and headed to the auto repair shop, where his fears were confirmed.

When Theilade got to his truck last Monday, he found a note warning him that his gas tank was probably empty because of gas thieves who drilled into it. (Brent Theilade) To replace the punctured plastic tank on his Dodge Ram with a new tank would cost up to $2,200, plus the labour.

Theilade went for a cheaper used tank, but still had to come up with the $300 deductible before the Insurance Corporation of B.C. would pay to replace the tank.

And he’s not alone.

Grant McMillan had parked his Dodge Ram pickup on the same street and lost about $100 worth of gas.

Funeral announcement Jaspal Dyal, 58 DOB 12/9/59, Surrey, BC passed away recently. He is originally from village Amajatta Dist., Hoshiarpur.

His funeral will be at 11:00am at River Side Funeral Home in Delta.

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Gov’t pays millions to gangsters for jail beatings Two men with gang links who were beaten while awaiting trials in Metro Vancouver jails have been awarded a total of almost $3.5 million by the B.C. government to settle their lawsuits.

Independent Soldier associate Jesse Margison was given a $3-million settlement after suffering severe brain damage when another inmate at the North Fraser Pretrial Centre stomped on his head in August 2012.

At the time, he was facing kidnapping charges with several others, but was found unfit to stand trial after the beating, which left him in a coma for several weeks.

Marg i s on’s l a w y e r s filed a civil suit seeking damages to cover the cost of his ongoing care.

They argued that jail staff should have been aware of the threats Margison was facing from rival gangsters and taken steps to protect him.

And Allen Ogonoski, a former gang m e m b e r

of Surrey Thugs Inc., was awarded $496,600 for the brain injury he suffered after being attacked in Surrey Pretrial by a rival gangster on Aug. 15, 2011.

His suit against the B.C. government alleged that he “was intentionally assaulted and battered” by another prisoner named Chris Fulmer with connections to the Red Scorpion gang, and that jail officials were negligent by not recognizing that he was incompatible with the Scorpion.

Both lawsuits were settled in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017. Some details of the agreements were contained in an annual government report titled “Payments under the Crown Proceeding Act,” which was tabled last week.

In Margison’s case, the report said: “The plaintiff claims the province is liable for damages the plaintiff suffered when assaulted

by Leonard Cardinal on or about Aug. 12, 2012.

“He claims that in not preventing the assault, the province was negligent and/or breached his rights under section 7 and section 12 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.”

And in both of the cases, the report said that a government lawyer advised that “the plaintiff might have a successful claim” and “that it is in the public interest to settle the claim.”

Lawyers for the two injured men could not be reached for comment Thursday.

Because of his brain injury, Margison was unable to assist his lawyers in piecing together the events that led up to the assault.

Man sought in Toronto murder nabbed in Vancouver A man wanted in the deadly stabbing of a 23-year-old in Scarborough last month has been arrested in B.C. Joel Newby was found with fatal stab wounds at a TCHC highrise at 40 Gordonridge Place, near Danforth Rd. and Midland Ave., on April 21 around 7:45 a.m.

Police have said there were two scenes but that the stabbing unfolded inside an apartment. The victim was believed to be the “intended target,” Det.-Sgt. Kevin Leahy said.

Joel Newby, 23, of Toronto, was fatally stabbed on April 21, 2018 at 40 Gordonridge Place in Scarborough.

A Canada-wide warrant for firstdegree murder was issued on April 24 for Joshua Bewley, 27, of Toronto.

Police on Friday said Bewley was arrested on Wednesday with the assistance of Vancouver police.

A man was stabbed to death at 40 Gordonridge Place on Saturday April 21, 2018. Veronica Henri/Toronto Sun) He will be extradited to Toronto to face the murder charge.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-7400.

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There are so many Mounties needed to process illegal border crossings in rural Quebec that the federal government is now spending $250,000 to build an unofficial police station on the U.S. border. In Toronto last week, Mayor John Tory announced that the number of refugee claimants in the city’s shelter system has quadrupled from 459 per night in 2016 to an average of 2,351 in 2018. And at least one Quebec politician is calling for a border fence with the U.S. These are just some of the repercussions of the more than 20,000 illegal border crossings into Canada since early 2017, all of them made by foreign nationals seeking asylum. With the influx expected to grow even bigger this summer, here are the

Saturday, May 5, 2018 refugee status through legal channels. But with the rate of illegal crossings already double what it was in 2017, the “illegal” category is poised to blow past the “legal” category.

The RCMP intercepted 1,890 illegal border crossers in the first three months of 2017.

In the same period in 2018, that number soared to 5,052. Over the Easter Weekend alone, more than 600 crossed into Quebec, and provincial officials are expecting more than 400 per day as the weather gets warmer.

Much of this activity is in Saint-Bernard-deLacolle, Que., where it’s particularly easy to cross over from Champlain, New York.

These are “illegal” border crossings, but Canadian law does not view the border crossers as criminals When the migrant crisis has been discussed in the House of Commons, it has often been accompanied by robust argument over the use of the term “illegal migrant.”

The Conservatives use the term, while the Liberals and the NDP prefer the term “irregular migrants” (and accuse the Tories of fear-mongering). It is illegal to cross into Canada without first passing through a port of entry. Indeed, any border-crosser at SaintBernard-de-Lacolle will pass by a bilingual sign saying “it is illegal to cross the border here” — and they will also be told as much by the area’s substantial police presence.

However, while someone can be charged for entering Canada without authorization, those charges are waived once someone makes an asylum claim.

Canada will soon have more illegal border crossers than Syrian refugees details of Canada’s ongoing migrant crisis.

Illegal border crossers are outpacing conventional refugees for the first time In the first three months of 2018, 5,052 asylum seekers were intercepted by the RCMP after illegally crossing the Canadian border, compared to 4,475 people who filed refugee claims through conventional channels such as airports and official border stations. In other words, for the first time there are more people illegally seeking asylum in Canada

than making legal refugee claims — and that trend is set to continue throughout 2018.

In 2017, the Immigration and Refugee Board received at least 18,149 claims from what they call “irregular border crossers” — those who claimed asylum after first entering Canada illegally. This was compared to 29,276 people who applied for

4 pot plants can still wreck your house, realtors warn Canada’s push to legalize pot is running into more opposition, this time from a realtor group that says home cultivation could cause property damage.

In testimony to a Senate committee in Ottawa, Michael Bourque, head of the Canadian Real Estate Association, flagged risks associated with cultivating cannabis plants, such as the spread of mold and fungus through ventilation systems. He said the law should be amended to place a moratorium on home cultivation until provinces can pass tougher housing regulations. The home-safety argument may set up another hurdle for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is seeking to pass the marijuana bill in the next few months so the market can open for business later this year. Trudeau’s Liberal government says legalization will squeeze out criminal producers and help bring down high rates of youth consumption.

Although the law would allow people to grow up to four plants at home, Bourque, who represents 125,000 real estate brokers, said there’s no limit on plant size, meaning growers could raise giant plants that produce 5 kilograms (11 pounds) of grass a year, increasing the risk to homes and health. “We question if personal cultivation is even necessary” when there is a “well-funded, well-capitalized industry,” Bourque said Monday. “The legislation ignores evidence that growing cannabis indoors can be hazardous to the home, and health of home owners.” As Bourque was giving his testimony, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they arrested a New Brunswick man after a call to a house fire resulted in the seizure of 485 marijuana plants. Have a confidential news tip? Get in touch with our reporters.

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Robber guilty of murdering Calgary shopkeeper Lloyd Kollie has been found guilty of seconddegree murder and robbery in the 2014 stabbing death of Maqsood Ahmed.

The jury of eight men and three women Shopkeeper deliberated for Maqsood Ahmed about six hours before coming to the decision late Monday evening at the Calgary Courts Centre.

Maqsood Ahmed, 55, a father and entrepreneur, was a pillar in his community, prosecutor Richelle Freiheit told jurors in her opening statement earlier this month.

Dying shopkeeper prayed in friend’s arms after fatal stabbing, jury told Maqsood Ahmed, Calgary Produce Market owner, mourned at northeast memorial The shopkeeper died praying in the arms of a friend, after being stabbed several times while attempting to wrestle back a stolen bag of money from his attackers.

Kollie, who appeared in court in black pants and a grey, hooded sweater, showed little emotion when the verdict was read

out by a juror around 10:15 p.m. Monday night.

Members of Ahmed’s family arrived in time for the verdict, but chose not to comment. Crown prosecutor Ken McCaffrey said he, however, spoke with the family and that they were “happy with the verdict.” “They’ll be participating in the sentencing process with victim impact statements,” he said. McCaffrey said he was not surprised by how quickly the jury was able to reach a decision in this trial.

“Our case was built on the science of DNA and we were confident we had a strong Lloyd Kollie case, so we’re gratified that the jury saw that as well,” he said. Kollie is scheduled to appear in court May 11, at which time a sentencing date will be decided. Earlier in the trial, the court heard that on the night of Oct. 8, 2014, Ahmed closed up his produce shop — that also handled Western Union money transfers — and left his business just before 10 p.m.

Senators recommend delaying cannabis bill for a year to address Indigenous issues Members of the Senate’s Aboriginal peoples committee are recommending the Liberal government hold back on legalizing cannabis for up to a year in order to address its potential for harmful effects in Indigenous communities.

The committee, chaired by Liberal Saskatchewan Sen. Lillian Dyck, said in its report on Bill C-45 that the government simply did not consult enough with First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities before pushing ahead with its plan to legalize the drug.

“Many communities are really worried about the potential adverse effects on their members, and especially on their youth, and it may be even worse because of the trauma in their communities,” Dyck said, adding existing social issues in Indigenous communities could be made worse by increased drug use. If passed, the amendment would delay the bill’s full implementation for up to a year.

As currently written, the bill stipulates the law does not come into force until a date is fixed by an order of the governor-in-council — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet. A final vote on the bill is scheduled to occur in the Senate on or before June 7, with legalization expected to follow eight to 12 weeks later.

The committee said the government should take that time to negotiate a revenue-sharing agreement with First Nations communities.

The committee has heeded a request from Manny Jules, the chief commissioner of the First Nations Tax Commission, who recommended the federal government and the provinces hand cannabis taxing authority over to First Nations governments so they can impose their own levy on marijuana grown and sold on reserves.

“The way the bill has been crafted shows there was very little consultation,” Conservative Alberta Sen. Scott Tannas told reporters.

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Day care operator jailed 3½ years in death of toddler left in car seat locked in a closet for 5 hours An unlicensed day home operator in Calgary they were still on a wait-list for a registered has been sentenced to 3½ years in prison for daycare, a decision that haunts them, the judge the death of a toddler left alone in a car seat noted. “Both parents experience undeserved in a closet for five hours. Elmarie Simons, but understandable guilt for having chosen 59, who pleaded guilty to criminal negligence Simons to care for their children,” Ogle said. “I causing death earlier this month, was sentenced can only hope that with time these parents can Tuesday in provincial court in Calgary. move forward and return to the loving, caring “This was no accident, nor was it a mistake. It parents their son Colby deserves.… This is the was criminally negligent,” Judge Jim Ogle said best way they can remember their daughter, when announcing the sentence.

Ceira.” Parents Ryan McGrath and “Miss Simons abused a position Tanya Gladwell were emotional as of trust towards a very young the judge read his decision — the and helpless child.” He called father often holding his head in the death of 18-month-old Ceira his hands. That day in November McGrath “unnecessary and 2015, Ceira was rushed to avoidable.” In November 2015, hospital from the day home on Simons left the toddler alone in Silverado Ridge Crescent S.W. a car seat in a dark closet for five She died a short time later. It hours to run errands at Walmart wasn’t until the following August and McDonald’s. The child died that police arrested Simons. She Ceira McGrath from asphyxiation caused by had continued to work at the the car seat strap, according to a statement of home until her arrest. Simons is not currently facts. The toddler wasn’t properly clipped in working and is living with her son, Ogle said. because the seat was too small. She slid down She has no prior criminal record. But Ogle said and choked herself, likely dying “trying to get he didn’t see any evidence presented to reduce out,” the statement of facts said. her moral culpability or to show her actions Prosecutors Pam McCluskey and Samina were anything but “cruel and callous.” Simons Dhalla sought a four-year prison term, while looked down as the decision was read. Her five defence lawyer Alain Hepner asked for a two- adult children sat in the court’s front row to year sentence. On Tuesday, Ogle described support their mother. Outside the courtroom, her actions as a “deliberate and negligent act by McGrath called the judgment “thoughtful” and someone who knew better but was indifferent said the family were glad the ordeal was over, to the risk.” Ceira’s twin brother had also been but they would have gladly endured a trial if in Simons’s care but it’s unclear where he was it meant Simons could have received a longer when his sister died. Their parents had placed sentence. both children in the unlicensed day home as

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Trump tax reform resulting in massive bills for thousands of Canadian residents Thousands of Canadian residents are facing massive tax bills because of U.S. President Donald Trump’s December tax reform, CBC News has learned.

Canadian residents with U.S. or dual citizenship who own Canadian corporations are being slapped by an American measure meant to get big U.S. multinationals to stop parking billions of dollars in offshore subsidiaries — a one-

time retroactive tax being levied on all of their companies’ retained earnings going back to 1986.

Tax lawyers and accountants say they are struggling to find strategies to soften the blow of what one of them calls a “nightmare” situation for their clients.

Mark Feigenbaum, who specializes in tax law and accounting, said hundreds of his clients — including celebrities and professional athletes who set up Canadian companies to

handle their endorsement revenue — are facing bills of “several hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not more than a million.”

It’s all because of the 1,097-page Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, described as the most significant tax overhaul in the United States since 1986.

When Trump signed the bill into law on Dec. 22, he boasted that it was going to “bring back probably $4 trillion from overseas.

“Who would object to trillions of dollars being brought back into our country?”

The act includes a “repatriation tax” meant to apply to the previously untaxed earnings of American firms’ foreign subsidiaries. Major multinationals like Apple have been accused for years of parking profits in offshore subsidiaries to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. tax.

Interest rate angst most severe for homebuyers in Ontario and BC Potential interest rate hikes are stirring the greatest concern among homebuyers in Ontario and British Columbia – reflecting the wide disparity in housing affordability across the country. A new report to be released Wednesday by BMO Financial Group found that some 53 per cent of home

buyers in Ontario and 51 per cent in British Columbia will conduct personal “stress tests” to determine whether they can pay their mortgages in the event of a rate hike. That compares to a maximum average of 40 per cent across all other regions.

“What this shows is there really are two markets in Canada and the impact of rising interest rates will have different effects on buyers depending where they live,” said Sal Guatieri, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets.

“Across the country, people aren’t too concerned about their ability to buy a house and manage their mortgages. But in Ontario and B.C., a much larger proportion of people are worried about interest rates going up and locking them out of the housing market, or when it comes time to refinance, increasing their financial strain.”

Following nearly a decade of low interest rates, the Bank of Canada began increasing its central rate last July, eventually pushing it to 1.25 per cent from 0.5 per cent. Last month, it opted to hold the rate steady. However, amid an increase in government bond yields, Canada’s biggest banks began raising

posted mortgage rates last week.

The Toronto Dominion Bank boosted its fiveyear fixed rate 45 basis points to 5.59 percent.

The Royal Bank of Canada and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce soon followed with their own hikes. But that doesn’t mean all new mortgages will automatically be set at those higher levels, said Will Dunning, a Toronto-based economist specializing in the housing market. Though the posted rates may have changed, most home loans are based on the bank’s “special offer rate” which is generally lower. “The interest rate in the market is what really matters in terms of what people can afford and that hasn’t changed much,” Dunning said. “Most people won’t see a major change, at least not immediately.”

City of Vancouver, partners, announce more than 1,000 non-market housing units A non-profit housing society and the City of Vancouver are working together to build more than 1,000 affordable homes on city land valued at $130 million.

Community Land Trust will work with the Vancouver Affordable Housing Agency to develop 1,039 units on seven sites as affordable rental housing, with occupancy expected by 2021.

The new homes will be operated by several non-profit housing societies and will be designed for singles and families earning between $30,000 and $80,000 annually.

Ninety of the units located in the downtown core will provide self-contained, safe and secure housing for women, while 169 units in the same area will be tailored to the needs of the HIV and LGBTQ community and their families.

The city says in a news release that 40 homes will be added to a townhome complex in Vancouver’s River District and roughly 600 remaining units will be operated by other co-op and non-profit partners to be named in the coming months.

Mayor Gregor Robertson says it’s the single largest investment in community housing of any city in Canada.

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“Today is a big day for over 2,000 Vancouver residents who want to put down roots in our city but are struggling to affordable housing.”

He says the land contribution is the latest step taken in Vancouver to ensure people with low to middle incomes can find a home and build a future in the city.

Work on the first building is expected to begin by the middle of next year, the release says.

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‘Shock, followed by profound sadness’ after beloved MP Gord Brown dies suddenly The sudden death of beloved Ontario MP Gord Brown on Wednesday has sent shockwaves of pain and disbelief across Parliament Hill.

Just last week, the Conservative MP was posting photos of himself sitting in the sunshine in Washington, D.C., as part of his work with the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group. Ottawa mayor Jim Watson bumped into him days ago. “He looked great, and we were going to have lunch next week,” he said.

Gérard Deltell, a Tory colleague, said he had sat near Brown at lunch on Tuesday. “All was fine. He was a guy in good shape — he played hockey every single week,” he said.

Brown played hockey Wednesday morning before he suffered a fatal heart attack at his

Parliament Hill office, sources said.

He would have turned 58 in August. He leaves behind wife Claudine Courtois, who also works on Parliament Hill, and two sons, Chance and Tristan. The news of his death blindsided the political community. “It’s just shock up here,” said Barry Raison, a Tory Senate staffer and friend of Brown’s. “There’s really a feeling of shock, followed by profound sadness.

There’s a couple hundred other people in this workplace who are in the same situation.” After serving as a city councillor for his hometown of Gananoque, Brown was first elected to the House of Commons in 2004. He represented Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lake.

PM Trudeau announces new Amazon Vancouver headquarters to bring 3,000 jobs Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that Amazon is expanding its Vancouver tech hub with a new headquarters. This is expected to bring an additional 3,000 high tech jobs to the city in fields including e-commerce technology, cloud computing, and machine learning. The new headquarters will be located at the old Canada Post headquarters, at 349 West Georgia Street where Monday’s announcement was made. It is expected to open in 2022.

This is in addition to Amazon’s current Vancouver offices – including its 156,000 square-foot location in TELUS Garden which opened to

Amazon employees in 2015. On top of Monday’s announcement, Amazon also confirmed last November its plans to expand into another downtown site on Dunsmuir Street, which will open in 2020.

“There are many reasons why industry giants like Amazon choose to settle and grow in Canada,” said Trudeau at a press conference Monday. “Our workforce is highly educated, skilled and diverse. Folks across the country are ready to take on the jobs of tomorrow and help companies like yours shape the future, a future where innovation drives economic growth and helps improve the lives of middle class Canadians, and people working hard to join it.”

Trump postpones extends exemption from steel and aluminum tariffs for Canada, Mexico Canada and Mexico will receive another one-month break from U.S. President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs as the countries try to renegotiate NAFTA. Mr. Trump issued proclamations shortly after 9 p.m. Monday extending the tariff exemptions to June 1.

The President announced levies of 25 per cent on all imports of steel and 10 per cent on aluminum in early March, but granted temporary exemptions to several U.S. allies.

The exemptions were due to expire May 1.

The tariffs are mostly aimed at keeping cheap Chinese steel from flooding the U.S.

market, but would disproportionately hurt Canada, which is the United States’ largest supplier. The levies, Mr. Trump wrote in his proclamation Monday, are an “important first step in ensuring the economic stability of our domestic steel industry and removing the threatened impairment of the national security.” The President is using national security as the grounds for the tariffs, arguing that the United States needs to beef up its domestic industry so it does not have to rely on foreign countries for the metal to build its tanks and ships. But Ottawa has argued that, as a long-time U.S. ally, it poses no threat at all.

Government insider was shocked when he was told to ensure approval of Kinder Morgan pipeline A new government insider has emerged to add their voice in support of allegations raised this week that Canada’s review of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion project was rigged. The allegations were first raised on Tuesday, when National Observer reported that public servants said they had been instructed at an internal meeting in Vancouver on Oct. 27, 2016 to “give cabinet a legally-sound basis for saying ‘yes,’” to the Trans Mountain project. They suggested that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government rushed its review of Trans Mountain and had made up its mind to support the project, despite claiming, at that time, that they were still consulting First Nations and the public before making a final decision.

“I guess that’s something that wouldn’t have fazed me at all if the Harper government

was still in power, But given the change in government, seeing as how we were told to provide serious advice, I was rather shocked...”

Following the news report, another public servant spoke to National Observer confirming that they attended the Oct. 27, 2016 meeting. The instructions from thenassociate deputy minister Erin O’Gorman about the major oil expansion project left them in shock. “I’m not sure if that was wordfor-word, but that was certainly the gist of the message. So I can’t say if that was a direct quote, but that was the message I heard,” said the public servant, who spoke to National Observer on condition of anonymity.

“I was in shock.” When asked about the reaction in the room, the public servant said they could only speak about their own reaction.

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India among top 5 military spenders, says report India has emerged as one of the five biggest military spenders in 2017, a report

by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) found. With an expenditure of USD 63.9 billion on military in 2017, India marked a 5.5 per cent rise from the figures in 2016.

China made the biggest leap with an increase of 5.6 per cent (USD 12 billion) from 2016, and became the highest defence spender in Asia at USD 228 billion. Military tension between India and China may have driven India’s defence expense, as indicated by Senior Researcher with the SIPRI AMEX programme, Siemon Wezeman.

Wezeman said, “Tensions between China and many of its neighbours continue to drive the growth in military spending in Asia.”

The United States retained the top spot at

USD 610 billion, with unchanged military expenditure between 2016 and 2017.

Saudi Arabia emerged as the third biggest spender in 2017 at USD 69.4 billion, an increase of 9.2 per cent from 2016.

The report found a sharp drop in Russia’s military expenditure that dropped by 20 per cent from 2016 to stand at USD 66.3 billion. Overall, the global military expenditure showed a rising trend as a marginal increase of 1.1 per cent in real terms from 2016, resulted in USD 1,739 billion expenditure in 2017. “The increases in world military expenditure in recent years have been largely due to the substantial growth in spending by countries in Asia and Oceania and the Middle East, such as China, India and Saudi Arabia,” said Dr Nan Tian, Researcher with the SIPRI Arms and Military Expenditure (AMEX)

High Court wants CBI to speed up Unnao rape probe Expressing dissatisfaction over the slow investigation in the Unnao gang-rape and the victim’s father’s custodial death cases, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday asked the CBI to speed up its probe and submit next update by May 21. The court also asked the central agency to ensure strict action against those responsible for the death. Submitted in a sealed cover before a Bench comprising Chief Justice DB Bhosale and Justice Suneet Kumar, the CBI report reportedly contained the details of the arrest and interrogation of the main accused, BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, his brother Atul Sengal and four others. The report listed the progress in the four registered cases and details of the rape survivor and her family’s interrogation. The probe agency is expected to soon question

the then Unnao SP, CO and police personnel posted at Makhi police station where the victim’s father died. The CBI has reportedly sought transfer of the case from Unnao to Lucknow. Taking cognisance of a petition by senior advocate GS Chaturvedi for a courtmonitored investigation, the High Court had on April 13 directed the CBI to immediately arrest the main accused and present its first status report on May 2. The rape survivor’s mother has, meanwhile, moved a petition demanding an inquiry to trace one Pintoo Singh, who had allegedly lodged a false FIR under the Arms Act against the victim’s father. It was on the basis of this FIR that the victim’s father was arrested and tortured to death allegedly by the MLA’s brother and his associates.

PM Modi, and Chinese President Xi Jinping detail measures to resolve border issues India and China have decided to reboot efforts to resolve their border row so that they can focus on Asia’s rise in a post-western world.

In a media briefing on the first informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale signalled that the two countries were now set for a simultaneous process, which would include additional measures to ease tensions and at the borders, as well as concrete steps to resolve the differences on the frontiers.

“While one of the areas of focus was to maintain peace and tranquillity [on the borders], I think the work of the Special Representatives (SRs) on finding a solution to the boundary question will continue unabated,” Mr. Gokhale said.

The two leaders acknowledged that India and China “have wider and overlapping regional and global interests,” meriting sharper “strategic communication”.

Analysts say the concrete progress in resolving border differences would be a game-changer for boosting ties between the neighbours which are facing

headwinds of protectionism from the Trump administration. in the United States.

Mr. Gokhale said the two SRs, who are steering the boundary talks, would meet “in due course” to take up the boundary issue. The Foreign Secretary highlighted that talks on the resolution of border differences would be based on principles and parameters anchored in a 2005 agreement.

Observers say that at some point, boundary talks would have to factor in the Tibet issue, including the possible return of the Dalai Lama from his present abode in Dharamsala to Lhasa, and other related concerns.

“A final settlement based around the existing status quo on the frontiers would need to also resolve the Tibet question for all time… perhaps the SRs could consider formulating the principles on such a grand bargain, where China’s sovereignty over Tibet is also part of the terms of the package deal,” says Zorawar Daulet Singh, Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, in a conversation with The Hindu.

The Chinese Vice Foreign minister Kong Xuanyou acknowledged on Saturday during a media interaction that India had not changed its official position that Tibet is part of China.

Gangster Chhota Rajan and his eight associates get life in jail for murder of Jyotirmoy Dey The special court set up under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) on Wednesday sentenced gangster Chhota Rajan and eight of his associates to life imprisonment for the 2011 murder of Mumbai crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey. Judge Sameer Adkar held Rajan and his associates guilty of the murder and imposed a fine of Rs 26 lakh on each of the convicts. The court acquitted journalist Jigna Vora, a reporter who was arrested in connection with the murder, as also Paulson Joseph, an associate of Rajan accused of handling the financial operations. The others found guilty included Rajan’s associates Satish Kaliya, Anil Waghmode, Abhijit Shinde, Nilesh Shendge, Arun Dake, Mangesh Agawane, Sachin Gaikwad and Deepak Sisodia. Another accused, Vinod Asrani, died during the trial. Rajan Nikhalje, as the

gangster is known, attended the hearing via video conferencing. He is lodged in a high-security cell in New Delhi’s Tihar jail.

Dey, 51, was shot dead by two motorcycleborne men on 11 June, 2011, in suburban Powai. In its submission before the special court, the prosecution said Rajan was unhappy with the reports put out by Dey in Mid-Day newspaper where he worked as senior editor. Jigna Vora was arrested for allegedly badmouthing Dey to Rajan and instigating the gangster against her colleague. However, the prosecution’s contention was thrown out by the court.

Vora, who has been out on bail, broke down after her acquittal. Shortly after the conviction, special public prosecutor Pradeep Gharat demanded the maximum punishment for the convicts since it was an attack on the fourth pillar of democracy.

Central gov’t to help mills clear cane dues ahead of Karnataka poll Ahead of the Karnataka polls, the Union Cabinet has decided to help sugar mills clear dues to cane farmers. The payment — Rs 5.50 per quintal for cane crushed in 2017-18 season — will be given directly to farmers, the government said on Wednesday.

Totaling around Rs 1,540 crore, the money will clear less than a tenth of the outstanding amount mills owe to cane farmers, which as per the government has reached more than Rs 19,000 crore. Higher sugar production against the estimated consumption in the current sugar season 2017-18 has led to crash in prices, affecting liquidity of sugar mills.

While dues in Karnataka alone are said to be around Rs 3,000 crore, the decision is expected to send a feel good factor about the BJP, which is engaged in a tough fight with

the Congress in the state, where farmers’ distress is a key poll issue.

The industry has welcomed the decision of the government to re-introduce “subsidy to sugarcane farmers”. “The quantum of Rs 55 per tonne of sugarcane would work out to around Rs 1,550-1,600 crore for the current season. Though the losses of sugar companies are much higher and this subsidy will reduce a small part of the losses that sugar mills are incurring due to a massive fall in the ex-mill sugar price even when the FRP (Fair and Remunerative Price) has been increased by 11 per cent in the current season, this decision to bear a part of the FRP by the government is seen as a positive move,” Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) said.

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Audit exposes Rs 100-cr scam in Amritsar’s local bodies In the interim report of the Independent Review and Forensic Audit (IFRA), a scam of over Rs 100 crore has been unearthed in the Amritsar’s Municipal Corporation, Improvement Trust and Sewerage Board offices.

The embezzlement of money in the three urban local bodies took place between April 2007 and March 2017. The third party audit team was led by the department’s Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), Sudeep Manak.

Local Bodies Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu said this partial audit had divulged a multicrore scam and the complete report would be forwarded to Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to initiate further action. Sidhu said the audit of other state civic bodies too would be conducted soon. The partial audit

Co-op banks to hold drive for loan recovery Minister for Co-operation and Jails Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Wednesday announced to recover Rs 1 crore from Akali leader Dyal Singh Kolianwali. He claimed that the name of Kolianwali, who is a close associate of former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, figured “among big loan defaulters” who owe a total of Rs 276 crore to the state’s co-operative banks. During a press conference, the minister said the department had prepared a list of defaulters, who seemed to be in a position to pay back their loans to the co-operative banks, but didn’t pay even a single installment.

Randhawa said action would be taken against 20 defaulters every month. The process of recovery would start this month with those who owe Rs 10 crore to Rs 12 crore to banks.

He said the first name in the list was that of Dyal Singh Kolianwali of Muktsar district who has a loan amount of Rs 1 crore pending against him. “These farmers have the means to repay the loans but they haven’t and also they have availed of loans in the names of their family members,” he said.

CM calls Vinod Khanna a ‘legendary film star’ In a rare show of solidarity, the otherwise faction-ridden BJP of Gurdaspur and Pathankot districts stood up in unison to pay tributes to four-time MP Vinod Khanna on his first death anniversary even as Governor VP Singh Badnore termed the film star as the “only legend of Hindi cinema”.

All former and present party MLAs from Gurdaspur and Pathankot attended the two-hour-long PowerPoint presentation of his works culled from various hit films. The programme was organised by his wife Kavita Khanna, who had roped in Mumbai based artistes.

Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, who was also scheduled to attend the event, did not turn up and instead sent a message which was read out by Deputy Commissioner Neelima. In his message, the CM recalled his association with Vinod Khanna, saying that what struck him during his meetings with the film star in parliament was his overpowering personality. “Despite being one of the tallest stars in the film industry, his connect with his colleagues and voters in Gurdaspur was remarkable.

has divulged that cash books didn’t reconcile with the bank statements since February 2008, multiple accounts were in operation to siphon off public money, property tax collected from residents was not deposited in the exchequer and fake Provident Fund transactions were made in connivance with officials. Besides this, no accountability was set for the MC’s properties that were rented or leased out and similar was the scenario with the advertisement revenue in connivance with private contractors.

Though the norms demand that a department should maintain a maximum of three bank accounts, the inquiry disclosed that 71 accounts of improvement trust and 52 of the MC have surfaced so far.

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New York hosts one of the biggest tributes to Sikh culture in USA New York is hosting one of the biggest tributes to Sikh culture in America - a parade down Madison Avenue capped by a sea of turbans. The Saturday afternoon gathering of thousands of ethnic Sikhs is officially called a “meditation celebration.” But it’s mostly a boisterous walk to live music, with participants wearing the stylish, multicolored clothing of their culture. On the sidelines of the annual event, vendors offer homemade Indian food.

This match is mainly to inform the ignorant locals that Sikhs are different from other middle Eastern rag heads. Indeed they are different. However, sending mo ey back home

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T h e Manhattan parade starts at 1pm on Madison Avenue and East 26th Street and proceeds down to East 26th Street till 4pm.

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INDIA

Saturday, May 5, 2018

14 out of 15 most polluted cities in the world are in India The WHO global air pollution database reveals that India has 14 out of the 15 most polluted cities in the world in terms of PM 2.5

concentrations, with the worst being Kanpur.

Historians protest Red Fort ‘adoption’ by pvt company Historians, conservationists and artists on Wednesday spoke out against the maintenance of the Red Fort being “entrusted” to cement company Dalmia Bharat Group which, they said, had no known credentials in the work of architectural preservation or heritage management.

While the Indian History Congress expressed its concern over the terms of the agreement between the Tourism Ministry and Dalmia Bharat on the 17th century Mughal era monument, built by Shah Jahan and the centrepiece of India’s Independence Day celebrations, a host of activists, academics and others banded under the cultural group SAHMAT to voice their worries.

Historian Irfan Habib added that the new scheme was “flawed”. “First of all, if you had to implement this scheme to adopt heritage

monuments, they should have experimented with a lesser known structure and not the iconic Red Fort. That is the basic flaw of the scheme,” Habib said. A statement from SAHMAT, signed by artist Vivan Sundaram, historian Mushirul Hasan and theatre activist MK Raina, among others, brought up the demolition of the Babri Masjid to highlight its concerns and said the agreement must be rescinded.

Jinnah portrait at Aligarh Muslim University sparks row The controversy around the portrait of Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Aligarh Muslim University students’ union office turned violent on Wednesday. Several AMU students, including the AMU students’ union president and secretary, were injured in a police lathicharge when they were protesting against the police inaction against the armed rightwing outsiders creating ruckus on the campus.

AMU students were injured when the police resorted to lathicharge and firing of teargas shells against the protesters. The outsiders reportedly affiliated to the Hindu Yuva Vahini created disorder inside the campus, raising slogans against the Jinnah portrait and burning his effigy on the campus.

The trouble came on a day when former VicePresident Hamid Ansari was visiting the

AMU campus and was being conferred a life membership of the students union. Around 2 pm Ansari, also a former Vice Chancellor of the AMU, reached the campus where he also had to deliver a lecture. According to the AMUSU spokesperson, almost an hour later, around 15 saffron gamcha-wearing youth entered the campus with pistols and revolvers. According to students, they were accompanied by a policeman in uniform. The goons reportedly attacked a student passing by. As news of trouble inside the campus spread, AMUSU leaders and some other students accosted six outsiders and handed them over to the police. Students alleged that the police released the alleged mischief makers later and did not register any complaint against them, forcing AMU students to protest.

Supreme Court criticises lack of security for officers after town planner’s killing Taking suo motu cognisance of the murder of Asssistant Town Planning Officer Shail Bala during an anti-encroachment drive in Kasauli on Tuesday, the Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Himachal Pradesh authorities for failing to ensure safety of officers implementing its orders. A Bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur, which had ordered demolition of illegal constructions in Kasauli, termed it an “extremely serious” matter and “a brazen act of defiance” of its orders. The Bench wondered how someone could kill an officer in broad daylight and flee.

“What were they (policemen) doing? Watching her (Shail Bala) get killed?” it said. “We might stop passing any orders if you are going to kill

people,” said the Bench.

The matter will be placed before CJI Dipak Misra for marking the case to an appropriate Bench. It requested the CJI to list it for hearing on Thursday.

The top court had on April 17 ordered the state government to demolish unauthorised structures in several hotels/guest houses in Kasauli and Dharampur areas of Solan and four teams were constituted by the authorities to carry out the work. Shail Bala Sharma, who was heading one such team, was shot dead on Tuesday while supervising the demolition of unauthorised construction at Kasauli’s Narayani Guest House, allegedly by its owner Vijay Singh.

‘Shooter’ evades cops More than 24 hours after Shail Bala, an official of the Town and Country Planning Department, was shot dead during a demolition drive in Kasauli, the accused hotelier, Vijay Singh, continued to evade the police on Wednesday.

The Solan police had on Tuesday evening detained another hotelier with whom Vijay had a telephonic conversation shortly before the murder, but he failed to provide any concrete information about his whereabouts.

Questions are being raised on the failure of the armed police personnel of the Quick Reaction Team (QRT) to act when the accused opened fire and subsequently fled. A posse of QRT was pressed into service at the same site

on Wednesday to ensure safety of the officials who carried out demolition.

The Divisional Commissioner, Shimla, has been asked to submit an inquiry report within 15 days. Also, a Special Investigation Team headed by Solan ASP Shiv Kumar has been constituted to look into the alleged lapses.

Preliminary investigations suggested that the accused, after scaling the hill opposite Narayani Guest House, reached Sanawar road, from where he fled towards the villages below.

Reports indicated that a black vehicle, stationed on the other side of the hill, was found missing after the shooting and could have been used as a getaway vehicle.

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SOUT ASIA

Saturday, May 5, 2018

Chhagan Bhujbal gets bail in money laundering case The Bombay High Court on Friday granted bail to senior NCP leader and former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal in a money laundering case. Bhujbal, along with his son Pankaj and nephew Sameer, is accused of taking kickbacks and causing losses to the tune of Rs 870 crore to the exchequer during his tenure as minister in charge of public works. Among the projects under the scanner of investigation agencies include the construction of a building for Mumbai University at Kalina in suburban

124 dead in two days in violent thunder storm

Mumbai and the Maharashtra Sadan complex in New Delhi. Judge P N Deshmukh of the Special Court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) granted bail to Bhujbal on a personal bond of Rs 5 lakh. He has been asked to surrender his passport and not leave Mumbai without permission of the court. The senior NCP leader was arrested in March 2016 on a complaint filed by Aam Aadmi Party leader Anjali Damania. “....I would like to remind (NCP leaders) that this is only a BAIL.

A fresh warning about thunderstorm and squall hitting West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh has been issued on Friday, the Home Ministry said.

It also noted that 124 people were killed while more than 300 injured in five states due to thunderstorm and lightning in the last two days.

The maximum casualty was reported in Uttar Pradesh where 73 people were killed, while 91 others were injured.Most of the deaths and injuries in the state took place in Agra region, a Home Ministry spokesperson

said. In Rajasthan, altogether 35 people were killed and 206 injured, while eight people were killed in Telangana, six in Uttarakhand and two in Punjab. Nearly 100 people were injured in Telangana, Uttarakhand and Punjab.

Following the thunderstorms, power supply was cut off in many areas as squall uprooted trees and snapped electricity cables.

At least 12,000 electric poles were uprooted and 2,500 transformers damaged in the affected states in the last two days. The Home Ministry spokesperson said a fresh warning has been issued about possible thunderstorms accompanied with squall which may hit four states — West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh— today. Thunderstorm accompanied with squall is very likely at isolated places over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.

Isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Punjab, Bihar, Jharkhand, Sikkim, Odisha, northwest Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Rayalaseema, north coastal Andhra Pradesh, interior Tamil Nadu and Kerala are very likely to experience thunderstorm along with gusty winds.

Heavy rains are very likely at isolated places over Tamil Nadu and Kerala, while dust storm and thunderstorm very likely at isolated places over Rajasthan.

The Home Ministry has also issued an advisory for tomorrow saying thunderstorm accompanied with squall are very likely at isolated places in Uttarakhand, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of those killed in a dust storm which had hit parts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan on Wednesday.

The assistance will be provided from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund.

The prime minister has also approved Rs 50,000 each for those seriously injured due to the storm, a statement from the PMO said here.

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SOUTH ASIA

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Blast at India-developed hydroelectricity project in Nepal weeks before Modi’s inauguration A bomb exploded at the office of a hydroelectricity project being developed with Indian assistance in eastern Nepal, an official said, weeks before its inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The compound wall of the 900 MW Arun III Hydroelectric Power Plant’s office in

Tumlingtar area, nearly 500 km from here, was damaged in the explosion, said Siva Raj Joshi, Chief District Officer of the Sankhuwasabha district. The project is slated to come into operation by 2020. The blast comes at a time when preparations are going on for laying foundation stone of the project by Modi during his official visit to Nepal on May 11.

No one was injured in the blast and an investigation has been launched, he said.

However, no one has claimed responsibility of the blast, he added. A Project Development

Agreement (PDA) for Arun III was signed with India’s state-owned Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) on November 25, 2014 in the presence of the then Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and visiting Indian Prime Minister Modi.

This is the second blast within a month in Indian properties in Nepal. On April 17, a pressure cooker bomb went off near the Indian Embassy field office in Biratnagar damaging the walls of the premises. PM vision is not only to develop India but the whole South Asia.

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Bangladesh’s Hasina Wajid seeks UN Security Council pressure on Myanmar Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the UN Security Council to press Myanmar to take back hundreds of thousands of its Rohingya nationals even as she called on India along with Russia, China and Japan to play a stronger role in resolving the refugee crisis.

Hasina has sought continued and mounting pressure on Myanmar from UN Security Council members “so that they(Myanmar) take their citizens back to their country (and) that’s what we want” as the high-powered team led by UNSC President Gustavo Adolfo Meza Cuadra met her. “They want to go back to their own country. So the Security Council can play a very pivotal role,” she said. “We expect countries like Russia, China, India and Japan to play a major role in resolving the Rohingya crisis,” the premier’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim quoted her as saying after a visiting high-powered UN Security Council team met Hasina at her office. The 15-member UNSC currently does not include India, Japan and China but Hasina reiterated her call for mounting pressure from New Delhi as well the other three countries to tackle the crisis in view of their stake and influence in Myanmar.

External affairs secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale earlier this month said New Delhi would extend full support to any efforts for resolving the Rohingya crisis, reiterating India’s appreciation for Bangladesh’s humanitarian gesture for the forcibly displaced people.

The delegation comprised of envoys from the 15-member council as they met the premier a day after visiting crammed Rohingya camps in southeastern Cox’s Bazar where about 700,000 Rohingyas took refuge since the Myanmar military launched a crackdown on the ethnic Muslim community in Rakhine state last August. The Security Council met the Bangladesh premier ahead of their scheduled visit to Myanmar for meetings with State

Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, military commanderin-chief Min Aung Hlaing and gove r n me nt leaders.

“Myanmar should act in accordance with the deal it signed with Bangladesh (in January 2018) for repatriation of the Rohingyas (but) the repatriation of the Rohingya people will have to be e n s u r e d under the UN supervision,” Hasina said.

W h e n asked if UN s up e r v i s i on meant the deployment of peacekeepers, Hasina said, “Not exactly, well, that the UN will decide” but insisted that Myanmar must also implement the

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Sri Lanka imposes liquor, meat ban for Buddhist festival Sri Lanka on Thursday banned the sale of meat and liquor and ordered casinos to close on the Buddha’s birthday in a move to appease the island’s religious majority.

The restrictions, which come just days after the government shifted May Day celebrations in a sop to Buddhist monks, will extend to tourist hotels for the two-day Vesak festival starting Sunday. “Meat and liquor sales at supermarkets and hotels will be banned during this period,” the government said in a statement. Casinos will be closed and gambling elsewhere also prohibited, the government said. Bars are usually closed on Buddhist holidays but the decision to ban meat sales at supermarkets is a first and was broadly seen as a gesture to the island’s powerful clergy.

It follows the government’s surprise decision this month to delay May Day festivities by a week after Buddhist leaders complained the date clashed with Vesak

celebrations. Democracy is to coping with and respecting the majority ! And what is restricted is not an essential ones for normal life. Let the others understand this and just cope with it, than agitating.Godfather Senior It is the first time the holiday has been shifted from May 1 since Sri Lanka began celebrating the labour day festivities in 1956. Sri Lanka, a Buddhistmajority nation of 21 million, celebrates 26 public holidays. The island’s 1.5 million civil servants also enjoy another 45 days paid leave ever year.

Myanmar ready to take back verified Rohingyas: Suu Kyi Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi told a visiting UN delegation that the country was ready to allow the return of Rohingya refugees after they complete a verification process, her office said on Tuesday. On Monday, Suu Kyi, also the State Counsellor, met a delegation of the UN Security Council tasked with investigating the humanitarian crisis, which erupted in August last year after an offensive

by the Myanmar military led to the exodus of around 700,000 Rohingya, an ethnic minority group, to neighbouring Bangladesh, reports Efe news. “During the call, the State Counsellor underscored Myanmar’s readiness to receive the verified returnees and necessary cooperation of Bangladesh to expedite the repatriation process quickly,” the office said in a Facebook post.

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FIJI

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Low key welcome for World Rugby 7s Champions The Fiji Airways national 7s team received a low key welcome upon its arrival at the Nadi Airport early this morning after winning the World Rugby HSBC Singapore 7s on Monday.

A few family members and fans greeted the players who have been given the week off to recover following a hectic schedule which included the Hong Kong 7s, Commonwealth Games and Singapore 7s played within a month. Sevuloni Mocenacagi is the lone injury concern with a pop cartilage and is out for the next two weeks. Fiji coach Gareth Baber said there would be recovery this week.

“The boys are tired as they have had one of the

busiest months that they will ever have with Hong Kong, the Commonwealth Games and Singapore 7s,” Baber said. “This was always going to be a challenge and we knew that pretty well. We have two to three weeks before we fly off to London and the focus is getting wins in London and Paris.”

Fiji leads the series with 145 points ahead of South Africa with 141 points, New Zealand with 120 points, Australia with 108 points and United States and Kenya tied with 93 points each.

The London 7s will be played from June 2-3 followed by the Paris 7s from June 8-10.

National Federation Party prepared for next general elections With the election date soon to be held anytime between May and set, National Federation Party (NFP) November which was why they had leader Professor Biman Prasad says been thoroughly preparing for it. the party has been well in advance “We are ready,” he said. “I don’t think it will be a surprise for us in their planning. Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama recently because we are ready, our plan appealed to Fijians to get registered is pretty much on target.” “Our provisional candidates are working and exercise their democratic right to vote because the election date very hard and we will be ready Biman Prasad whenever the election is held.” Prof would soon be released.

Prof. Prasad said the party Prasad said this was also a crucial had always known that the poll would be time for the media in the country.

Sai Prema Foundation opens free medical clinic The Sai Prema Foundation opened its first Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Medical Centre in Suva today. Owners said the $1.5m project will benefit the poor and needy in society.

Sai Prema Fiji Foundation Director, Sumeet Tappoo said this project was to bring bliss and happiness to the people of Fiji.

Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Medical Centre

will specifically look at outpatients which will completely charge them free of cost.

“What is unique about our NGO is that each and every person who has joined hands with us has done so with the willingness to serve the underprivileged and needy in a quest to bring joy and bliss to the people of Fiji and to our beloved motherland,” Mr Tappoo said.

India High Commission donates Mahindra twin cab to Nasinu Town Council The India High Commission has donated a Mahindra twin cab worth $54,767 to the Nasinu Town Council. Minister for Infrastructure Praveen Bala highlighted that they had been talking with the Indian High Commission in regards to the donation of a van for the Nasinu Town Council purely to be assigned for the Environment Department.

Bala says they have an issue in the Environment Department as Nasinu is the largest municipality in the country and they

have a real issue of rubbish in that corridor.

The Minister for Infrastructure also revealed that the Municipality will appoint an Environment Ranger to take care of the vehicle and issues of rubbish disposal in Nasinu. India High Commissioner Vishvas Sapkal stated that India and Fiji are very close friends and share very strong bonds.

He highlighted that the twin cab was just a small contribution in the fight against climate change.

Rabuka responds to PM’s cheap politicians comments SODELPA Leader Sitiveni Rabuka has today reiterated his call for the Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama to urgently step in to resolve the current impasse at Air Terminal Services in Nadi.

Rabuka says a real leader feels for all his or her people. While responding to Bainimarama’s characterisation of those who visited the locked out workers as ‘cheap politicians, Rabuka says that the Prime Minister should be above making cheap political point scoring comments. Rabuka says Bainimarama should not underestimate the intelligence of the ATS workers who know well what is at stake as they have lost 3 weeks of wages and their families are suffering, yet they choose to continue to stand up for their rights. He says that actions taken by ATS Executive Chairman Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum on 16 December 2017 to lock the workers out, had unnecessarily escalated

the problem and placed the lives of the travelling public at risk, with ATS understaffed as a result of the illegal lockout.

Rabuka says the Prime Minister is mistaken in characterising groups, NGO’s, Unions, Communities and Religious bodies that visited the ATS workers as ‘cheap politicians.’ He says they visited the locked out workers on a humanitarian basis because ATS has stopped paying their wages and their families were under severe stress during the festive season. The SODELPA leader says to accuse politicians of influencing the workers is unintelligent and undermines the workers’ ability to rationalise and intelligently decide their own individual and collective course of action. He says the stance taken by the ATS workers has the support of their families who have suffered with them over the last 12 years since the 2006 coup.

PM Bainimarama shocked by the comments Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama said he was “shocked” to hear that a former PM had made recent comment about taking Fiji back to the “darkest days” of Fiji’s history — the 1990s. “He (a former PM) wants to return Fiji to the years where, during his term as Prime Minister, Fiji suffered from widespread corruption,” Mr Bainimarama said while addressing about 2800 indigenous landowners during a lease bonus payment at the Fiji Pine Group’s Drasa mill in Lautoka on Monday. “During his term as Prime Minister, we lost the National Bank of Fiji, the only national bank of our country, the debts of which we are still paying off today,

creating inter-generational debt. “Under his leadership, where rural people did the work, while only those who were wealthy and those with privilege saw the benefits. “The years where the weak 1990 and 1997 Constitutions allowed iTaukei land to be taken and sold off permanently, rather than be protected for all time, as is the case under our Constitution today. “The years where we were a deeply divided people, fighting over scraps, rather than working together to build our economy, making the whole pot bigger, putting more food on the table for more families.

“These are the real issues, they are the real things we need to take care of every Fijian.”

I don’t believe that Bainimarama was the saviour of the nation in 2000 – Parmod Chand NFP parliamentarian Parmod Chand has today come out and said that Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama was not the saviour of the nation after George Speight’s 2000 coup.

Chand said that he played his part as a NFP executive in opposing the coup although he did not say anything publicly as an individual.

Bainimarama was out of the country when the hostage crisis started in parliament on May 19th, 2000, and martial law was declared on May 29th, 2000 when the military came out to control the situation.

Bainimarama who was the Army Commander then managed to lead the RFMF to capture the hostage takers and release the hostages. He then appointed an interim government to take the country to elections in 2001. He was also targeted during the 2000 mutiny at QEB where rebel soldiers tried to kill him and shot dead a few loyalist soldiers. Parmod Chand says he does not believe that Bainimarama assisted the nation to come out of the crisis.

Chand also said that he was part of NFP and continues to oppose the coup.

PAKISTAN

Saturday, May 5, 2018

Former minister challenges his disqualification in court Former disqualified foreign minister Khawaja Asif challenged his disqualification as a member of the parliament by a high court, according to a media report. A threemember bench of Islamabad High Court last week disqualified Asif as a lawmaker under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution for concealing details of his UAE work permit while contesting polls in 2013. Article 62, which sets the precondition for a member of parliament to be “sadiq and ameen” (honest and righteous), is the same provision under which former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was disqualified on July

28, 2017, in the Panama Papers case.

Hours after the IHC verdict, the Election Commission of Pakistan had formally de-notified 68-yearold Asif as a member of the National Assembly, leading to his ouster as the foreign minister.

Asif has stated in his review petition that he unintentionally failed to disclose his foreign work permit in his nomination papers -- the basis for the Islamabad High Court decision against him, media reported. He has pleaded the court to declare the IHC judgment null and void, and fix the matter for hearing at the apex court.

Doctor who helped US catch Osama bin Laden may be freed next month The imprisoned Pakistani doctor who had helped the US forces to hunt down Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad seven years ago, is expected to be released from jail next month, his lawyer said. Dr Shakil Afridi, a hero in the US and traitor for many in Pakistan, was arrested days after the US raid on bin Laden’s compound on May 2, 2011. He was allegedly running a fake vaccine programme which helped the CIA confirm the al-Qaeda leader’s presence in the backyard of the officer training academy of the Pakistan army in Abbottabad

Hundreds of dead newborn girls have been found dumped in garbage piles in Pakistan over the last year as cultural preference for boys drives more parents to murder babies Hundreds of dead newborn girls have been found dumped in garbage piles in Pakistan over the last year amid a cultural preference for boys, it has emerged. A total of 345 babies have been found dead in refuse heaps in Karachi, Pakistan’s most populous city, since the beginning of 2017 with 99 per

cent of them found to be girls, according to local reports. In one horrifying case, a fourday-old was found dead with her throat slit.

Another newborn was left on the steps of a mosque only to be stoned to death when a cleric assumed it was an ‘illegitimate baby’, a charity reported.

hill station. His detention has long been a source of tension between Pakistan and the US. Afridi’s continued imprisonment is seen

by Washington as Islamabad’s reluctance to fight terror unequivocally. Afridi’s counsel Qamar Nadeem told media that his client, who has received several remissions in sentence, will complete his jail term next month. Dr Afridi was never tried for charges of helping the CIA against bin Laden but was imprisoned by a tribal court for having alleged links to militants.

Lawyer ends her hunger strike after army chief chief’s assurance to Shiite minorities

Hafiz Saeed tries to woo Pakistani Sikhs ahead of elections Hafiz Saeed has met Pakistani Sikhs Interior Ministry.

Saeed held the meeting with the Sikh in a bid to woo them for furthering his anti-India agenda and seek their group led by Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara support for his newly formed political Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) secretary general Gopal Singh Chawla party in the upcoming general elections.

Saeed held a “special meeting” on at the JuD office in Nankana Sahib, Friday with a group of Pakistani Sikhs some 80 kms from Lahore. “Sikhs are a brave community but atrocities are in Nankana Sahib where a large number of Sikhs reside. The Milli Muslim being committed against it in India,” Hafiz Saeed Saeed claimed. He said the Pakistan League (MML) chief Saifullah Khalid accompanied Saeed to the meeting with Sikh government was not raising a voice because it leaders. The MML is the political face of JuD. wanted India’s friendship. “Pakistan is ready It has so far not been registered by Pakistan’s to sacrifice anything for the sake of seeking election commission on the objection of the friendship with India,” he claimed.

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A lawyer in Quetta ended her three-day hunger strike after the country’s top general vowed to redouble efforts to protect the Shiite minority, which has been targeted in a string of attacks by Sunni extremists.

Jalila Haider called off her protest before dawn Wednesday following a meeting between Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa and leaders from the Hazara community in Quetta, where several Shiites have been gunned down in

recent months. Police have yet to arrest any suspects.

She has to be careful, else she will vanish !Mahesh Kumar According to a military statement, Bajwa said those who target Shiites “shall suffer twice as much.’’ Sunni extremists view Shiites as apostates, and have carried out scores of attacks over the past two decades that have killed thousands of them.

My party will fight against ‘hidden forces’ in upcoming elections: former disqualified PM Sharif Pakistan’s ruling PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif has kicked off the election campaign, saying his party will go to polls not against any political party but “hidden forces” that were behind his ouster as prime minister, in an apparent reference to the powerful military and judiciary. The PML-N launched the first phase of its election campaign in Punjab province of 10 million people. In the first two weeks of May the Nawaz’s party will hold 13 rallies across the province.

Only one month is left before the current government’s tenure ends. Addressing PMLN’s first rally in Sahiwal (some 200 kms from Lahore) last evening, Sharif said: “In the coming general elections our competition will not be against any political party like that of Asif Ali Zardari’s Pakistan Peoples’ Party or Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf but against the hidden forces.” Sharif, 68, said the PML-N has to defeat the ‘conspirators’ who have no respect for the ballot.

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Nikki’s loyalty test backfires In her first day on the job, Nikki Haley issued a stern warning to her U.N. colleagues from the lobby of U.N. headquarters: back American initiatives at Turtle Bay or face unspecified consequences. There was a new sheriff in town, Haley made clear, and she “would be taking names” of those who crossed the United States.

The combative phrase, which Haley has used time and again to underscore Washington’s expectation of loyalty, reflects a deeply held view by President Donald Trump and his U.N. envoy that the United States is not shown the respect it deserves as the organization’s biggest financial backer. But Haley’s strategy has failed to broaden support for American positions at the U.N. In her first year as U.S. ambassador, the U.S. has lost support in the United Nations, with only 31 percent of States voting alongside the United States on controversial resolutions before the U.N. General Assembly, the lowest number since 2008, when states voted 25

percent of the time alongside President George W. Bush’s administration. During the final year of the Obama administration’s states voted with the United States 41 percent of the time, according to a recently published State Department report on U.N. voting practices. The voting outcome raises questions about the effectiveness of Washington’s use of threats to secure international backing for its policies. But Haley has not chosen to hide from that record. On the contrary, Haley has embraced it, highlighting the gap to justify the need for more punishment. “We care more about being right than popular,” Haley said in a statement issued last week.

“President Trump wants to ensure that our foreign assistance dollars – the most generous in the world – always serve American interests, and we look forward to helping him see that the American people are no longer taken for granted.”

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar is a ‘typical Indian’, says peer as he denies being racist A former senior Ulster Unionist has been accused of racism after describing the Irish Prime Minister as a “typical Indian”.

Lord Kilclooney’s remark about Leo Varadkar was met with widespread condemnation and Lord Kilclooney described as a “slur on all Indian people”. Mr Varadkar was born in the Republic of Ireland. His father is from India and mother from Ireland. Lord Kilclooney, 80, stirred controversy on Twitter on Monday as he commented on a news story about DUP criticism of Mr Varadkar’s “poor manners”

over his visit to Northern Ireland.

The peer, an ex-Ulster Unionist deputy leader, replied to the tweet, writing: “Typical Indian.”

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Trump hails Kalpana Chawla as an American hero President Donald Trump has hailed Indian-origin Kalpana Chawla as an American hero for devoting her life to the space programme and inspiring millions of girls to become astronauts. Mr. Trump’s remarks came on April 30 as he issued a proclamation declaring May as ‘Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month’. The U.S. Congress has also designated the month of May each year as “Asian/ Pacific American Heritage Month.”

Chawla was the first woman of Indianorigin in space. She was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 when the craft disintegrated during its re-entry into the

Earth’s atmosphere.

“Indian American Kalpana Chawla was the first woman of Indian descent to fly in space, and became an American hero for her devotion to the Space Shuttle programme and its various missions transporting cargo and crew to and from the International Space Station,” Mr. Trump said. For her achievements, the Congress posthumously awarded her the Congressional Space Medal of Honour, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) posthumously awarded her the NASA Space Flight Medal and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, he said.

Skilled South Asian migrants protest UK policies LONDON: Hundreds of South Asian highly skilled migrants held a protest outside the UK Parliament on Wednesday, claiming they are victims of the next Windrush scandal. The reference was to a political scandal over the immigration status of the Windrush generation — British African Caribbean people resident in the UK. The 400-strong mix of professionals, ranging from IT consultants to mental health nurses, mainly Indians and Pakistanis, were protesting against long delays in decisions on their applications for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in the UK as well having their applications turned down under Section 322 (5) of the UK immigration rules which branded them as “threats to national security” because of mistakes on their tax returns.

Twenty-three thousand people have signed a petition, organised by the protesters, addressed to UK home secretary Sajid Javid, UK Prime Minister Theresa May and Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn, calling for an end to the “hostile environment” for immigrants.

In the pouring rain, some with babies in rainproof-covered pushchairs, they said they did not want to return to their home countries as they had stayed in the UK such a long time they were more familiar with the way of life and jobs market here. They also said the grounds for refusal was “defamation of character” and would prevent them getting a visa to travel to any country in the future. Carrying a placard saying “Tax correction is not a crime”, a man chanted “This is….” and the crowd replied “Windrush II”, followed by “What do we want?” “Justice.”

“I think it’s the same as the Windrush scandal”, said Hari Babu, 31, from Kochi, Kerala. Babu lost his job as a global recruitment manager at menswear fashion brand Thomas Pink after his ILR was refused last year on the grounds that he had not declared the correct amount of income on a previous tax return when he had run his own recruitment consultancy. “They said I had underdeclared my income to avoid paying tax,” he said.

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Katrina Kaif is same despite fame Actress Isabelle Kaif, who is preparing for a “hectic� life in the film industry, says her sister and actress Katrina Kaif has not changed after gaining fame.

Isabelle, who made her acting debut with “Dr. Cabbie�, spoke about Katrina Kaif in GQ India’s May 2018 issue.

nature of the work. To take it day by day, and to give my best every day.�

The actress will be seen in dance film “Time to Dance,� to be helmed by Stanley D’Costa. She will share the frame with actor Sooraj Pancholi.

“It didn’t change much for me and my family, except that we were suddenly seeing her on magazine covers, in ads and on billboards. But she’s been the same before and after the fame,� Isabelle said. “The thing that changed the most was the way we travelled. People treated me a lot differently when I travelled with her,� she added.

What’s the best advice Katrina Kaif has given to you? “To not get caught up in the hectic

Isabelle says she would like to work with superstar Aamir Khan. “I really like Shahid Kapoor and Varun Dhawan.

And it would be a dream to work with Aamir Khan. I watched a lot of his films growing up, especially ‘Lagaan’ because that was my mother’s favourite. Every time I watched ‘Fanaa,’ I’d weep. If I had to pick international actors, it’d definitely be Benedict Cumberbatch. But the other day, I saw ‘Baby Driver,’ and loved Ansel Elgort in it.�

Madhuri is still like sunshine in nippy weather The trailer of Madhuri’s first Marathi film Bucket List is out and it is a happy tale of self-discovery.

A regular housewife Madhura Sane’s life takes a U turn when she undergoes a heart transplant. Sai, a teenager, donates her heart to ailing Madhura. It is then that Madhura sets off to complete Sai’s Bucket list which eventually turns into Madhura’s flight to self-discovery.

The trailer is light, breezy with little moments that leave a lasting impression. Madhuri Dixit looks great riding a bike or acting drunk in the bar with teenagers. Even the chemistry with her on-screen daughter appears very real. Of course, the cherry on top of this family entertainer with a message is the cameo by none other than Ranbir Kapoor. At the trailer launch in Mumbai, Madhuri said she was sceptical to take a cameo offer to Ranbir but when she did the Sanju actor, who plays himself in the film, was gracious to accept and be part of

the film. Directed by Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar, Bucket List releases on May 25 and it is co-produced by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions. Madhuri Dixit was born 15 May 1967 is known for her work in films, cinema. Dixit has been praised by critics for her acting and dancing skills.She has received six Filmfare Awards, four for Best Actress, one for Best Supporting Actress and one special award for her contribution to the film industry. She has been nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress a record fourteen times.

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Taurus April 21 - May 20 Any plans you’ve launched recently may already be bearing fruit. With a powerful focus on your adventure, the present alignment actively encourages you to grab any new opportunities. With cautious Saturn and fervent Pluto now retrograde in this sector, you could have deeper reasons for wanting aspects of your life to change. Your ideas and beliefs could shift over the coming weeks and months. You might realize that you’ve arranged life according to others expectations and that this has held you back.

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With the sun now moving through a deeper sector of your chart, you could be looking at ways to address emotional issues that have been going on for some time. This could be echoed on the home front with prudent Saturn and dynamic Pluto both retrograde and encouraging you to delve into past experiences and locate any emotional

come to the surface over the coming weeks, discussing them with someone you trust.

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With Jupiter in your sign linking to potent Pluto in your sector of mind and communication, your thoughts may still be on a project that is important to you. However, this can be a time of research and consolidation. By making sure the foundation is secure, future success is almost guaranteed. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t neglect the details. They could be crucial to the outcome.

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Film: ‘102 Not Out’

‘102 Not Out’: In a time when Khans are still running Bollywood show and young generation of actors are also gaining prominence, there are a few veterans actors who are going strong with time and are holding on to their ground firmly. One of them undoubtedly is Amitabh Bachchan and the other is Rishi Kapoor. The two power stars will be coming together for ‘102 Not Out’ which has already created a great buzz.

While we wait to see the two sizzle together on the silver screen, here are a few interesting facts about the upcoming comedy-drama. Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor are coming back together onscreen after 25 years in the film ‘102 Not Out’. Before the world gets to see the flick on May 5, the makers have been organising special screenings for a handful of close friends, family and celebs. On Tuesday night, Abhishek Bachchan with wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and his maternal grandmother were spotted at a screening in the city. They were accompanied

by Ash’s ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ co-star and good friend Ranbir Kapoor. The stars were clicked at their candid best while leaving the theatre.

Helmed by Umesh Shukla, ‘102 Not Out’ depicts a father-son relationship where Amitabh Bachchan plays the role of a 102-yearold man and Rishi Kapoor, his son.

Meanwhile, Abhishek is awaiting the release of his next ‘Manmarziyaan’, while Aishwarya is working on ‘Fanne Khan’ and Ranbir on ‘Brahmastra’. Amitabh Bachchan’s upcoming film ‘102 Not Out’ has created a lot of buzz among the audience prior to its release. The light-hearted trailer of the movie was well received by everyone. It is a known fact that Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor play Gujarati’s in the film but did you know that the two veteran actors had to shoot barefoot for the indoor scenes in the film. Considering that Gujaratis, don’t wear footwear at home, director Umesh Shukla made sure that both the actors don’t wear slippers in the indoor scenes so that their characters come across as real as possible. When asked about getting the two actors to go barefoot for the indoor portions, the director said that Gujaratis don’t have a habit of wearing any footwear inside the house hence, he wanted Big B and Rishi Kapoor also to not wear shoes during the shoot. He further added that he was in two minds whether to ask the two actors or not. But when he discussed it with them, the two instantly agreed to the same.

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Alia promotes Raazi Raazi an upcoming period thriller film directed by Meghna Gulzar and produced by Vineet Jain, Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta under the banner of Dharma Productions. It features Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal in lead roles.

The film is an adaptation of Harinder Sikka’s novel Calling Sehmat, about an Indian spy married to a Pakistani military officer during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

Principal photography of the film began on July

Dia Mirza treats herself to hair care at a salon 2017 in Mumbai and the shooting was wrapped up on 27 October 2017. The film is scheduled for release on 11 May 2018. Raazi was shot across several locations including Patiala, Nabha, Malerkotla and D o o d hp at h r i. [ 6 ] The first poster of the film was released on 9 April 2018[7] through the official Twitter handle of the film while the trailer of the film was launched on 10 April 2018

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Dia Mirza’s crowning glory literally came when she won the Miss Asia-Pacific title in December of 2000. Here are some beauty secret of Dia Mirza.

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Bollywood and is known in media for her social work. She co-owns a production house, Born Free Entertainmen, First film, Love Breakups Zindagi was released on 7 October 2011.

Mirza was born in Hyderabad, India. Her mother, Deepa, is a Bengali interior designer, landscaper and currently social work and volunteer to help alcoholics and drug addicts.

When Diya was four-anda-half years old, her parents got divorced. Afterwards, her mother married Mirza Ahmed Mirza, man from Hyderabad, and Diya (then only a toddler) was given the last name of her step-father.

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t a time when the diversity debate in Hollywood is getting bigger with every passing moment, the Apu controversy – that emerged from the world of “The Simpsons” – is not only alive but making headlines as well. But all is not lost.

Indian American actor Vandit Bhatt says there were many misrepresentations about people of color, but they are being wiped out due to increasing conversations around inclusion.

The actor, who traces his roots to Hyderabad, is glad that he never had to play a stereotypical character.

Asked about the impact of the diversity debate concerning the ongoing stir around a South Asian character called Apu from “The Simpsons”, Vandit Bhatt told IANS over the phone from New York: “I will be honest with you. I feel like things are changing for the better and this is from my personal experience. “When

I started acting, have always had there were far more an opportunity misrepresentations.” to play human Apu had to grapple being versus with the troubling stereotype. I feel stereotype of a very lucky about convenience store clerk that.”

Bhatt with an exaggerated, moved to the US fake Indian accent since after his mother the show’s inception. got a job in the So, has anything country. He is changed? known for his “I have been acting work on “The professionally in the Michael J. Fox States for the last 10Show”, “Mercy”, 15 years. In this time “42 Seconds of span, I feel like it has Happiness” and changed so much. I “Ripped”.

He have had so many more will soon be opportunities. I am seen with Indian grateful that I never had to kind of play actress Priyanka Chopra in the third season of someone stereotypical like that (Apu). I

“Quantico,” which airs in India on Star World.

The actor, the nucleus of whose family remains in Hyderabad, is confident that change is seeping into the entertainment industry.

“I notice that ever since we started talking so much about diversity and representation, started having these conversations out loud. For the first time I think real change is happening slowly but gradually.” Bhatt pointed out an example.

“I have noticed a difference between casting from last year to this year. This is the time of the year when (actors) for all the new seasons of the show are cast. I am seeing so much diversity.”

He said “someone” is paying attention to the whole diversity dialogue.

“We are having all these conversations, and I think someone out there is listening to or at least paying attention to it.”

Lauding his “Quantico” co-star Priyanka Chopra for setting an example for many, he said: “What Priyanka is doing is so fantastic.

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Veteran actor Danny Denzongpa returns to the scene with Deb Medhekar’s Bioscopewala, a take-off on Rabindranath Tagore’s well known short story, Kabuliwala. The cast includues Geetanjali Thapa and Tisca Chopra

Just a gimmick Shraddha Kapoor did it a few days ago and now Parineeti Chopra has done it as well — arousing the curiosity of fans by posting subtle messages on social media.

Pari shared the news that she was “sooo excited as one of her biggest announcements was coming up (sic).” It turned out to be a brand endorsement.

Fans thought she had bagged a big ticket film and began speculating only to be let down. Time they saw through the marketing gimmicks of the actors.

Wedding ready Bride-to-be Sonam Kapoor is said to be calling industry colleagues to invite them for her big day. After the e-invites were sent, she has taken it upon herself to personally reach out to those who matter and have played an important role in her career. While the Kapoors’ Juhu home is buzzing with Sonam’s wedding preparations, word is that dad Anil Kapoor and brother Harshvardhan Kapoor have reached out to designer Raghavendra Rathore (inset) for their ensembles. He is said to be designing for groomto-be Anand Ahuja as well. Rathore is a favourite of the Kapoors. Last year, Anil was the showstopper at one of his shows.

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Singer Rashmeet Kaur and composer Su Real have won The Remix, a digital reality show. The two competed against Sreerama Chandra-Candice Redding and Thomson AndrewsNSG in the finale. Judged

by Sunidhi Chauhan, Amit Trivedi and Nucleya, the announcement will be made on the show tonight.

Ranveer turns Charlie Chaplin Only Ranveer Singh could pull this off. The actor visited Chaplin’s World in Vevey, Switzerland, dressed up as The Tramp. This was his unique way of paying homage to the comic icon. He was styled by Nitasha Gaurav and photographed by Rohan Shrestha. Ranveer, who is brand ambassador of Switzerland, took visitors at the museum by surprise. As Chaplin said, “In the end, everything is a gag.”

Sid is Kargil war hero Miss you, ma Yesterday, Sanjay Dutt posted an emotional message on Twitter to mark his mother Nargis Dutt’s 37th death anniversary. He shared a picture with her and wrote, “All that I am is because of you. I miss you!”

Nargis passed away on May 3, 1981, just a few days before the release of his debut film, Rocky. Dutt says he was always a mama’s boy.

Last night, Karan Johar announced his next production, Yeh Dil Mangey More, starring protégé Sidharth Malhotra. The film is about the 1999 Kargil war hero, Captain Vikram Batra. KJo has collaborated with Shabbir Boxwala for the biopic, which will be directed by Vishnu Varadhan.

Something’s coming up Former Bigg Boss contestant Nora Fatehi was recently spotted at filmmaker Nikkhil Advani’s office. The half-Moroccan and half-Canadian actordancer is said to be in talks for a project. Nora was seen in films like Roar: Tigers Of The Sundarbans (2013) and My Birthday Song earlier this year. She’s hoping for that elusive big break.

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THIRD OUTING

Priyanka Chopra, who is currently shooting for Quantico in New York, announced on social media yesterday that the third season of the weekly American television drama series will premiere on April 26

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Vidya Balan to play Indira Gandhi Vidya Balan has always been keen to essay the character of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on screen. Yesterday, she took the first step towards fulfilling her dream.

Vids and producer hubby Siddharth Roy Kapur have acquired the rights to Sagarika Ghose’s book, Indira — India’s Most Powerful Prime Minister, on which the project will be based.

Yesterday, Ghose took to Twitter to announce the deal. Balan released a statement saying, “I am happy to have acquired the rights. I haven’t decided yet whether it should be made into a film or a web series, but that will take a while anyway.” Known for her acting chops, we can’t wait to see Vids bring alive the country’s most powerful and enigmatic PM.

House matters again

Yesterday, there were reports that a French court had ordered the eviction of Mallika Sherawat and beau Cyrille Auxenfans from their apartment in Paris due to nonpayment of dues. Last month, a French website had reported that the landlord sought seizure of their belongings due to mounting rent arrears. Sherawat, who was recently seen on Entertainment Ki Raat, took to social media yesterday to pooh-pooh the buzz. She wrote, “I do not own or rent any apartment in Paris! I have been in Los Angeles and India since the last eight months. Please do not spread false rumours (sic).” Mallika and controversies have always gone hand-in-hand.

Bare ride

Bhumi Pednekar wings her way to Chambal tomorrow as prep for her upcoming film. Abhishek Chaubey’s directorial venture is based on the dacoits who were active in the region in the 1970s. The actor was keen to spend some days to acclimatise herself to the surroundings and insisted on going before the unit arrives and shoot begins.

After Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015), Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017) and Shubh Mangal Saavdhan (2017), Bhumi is all set to display her histrionics again. This time around with guns and gore.

Telly actor Tinaa Dattaa (Dhamini in Karamphal Daata Shani) has put the small screen folk into a tizzy with her photoshoot for a calendar. She is seen posing with a nude male model. The actor had no hang-ups and was comfortable during the shoot as she had worked with the photographer earlier. She took it up as a challenge in a bid to show a different self — far removed from her screen image. It was also her way of overcoming inhibitions and fears.

She hopes wellwishers and fans stand by her.

It’s finally official Krrish 4 in Xmas 2020 Since the last few months, there had been tattle about Parineeti Chopra teaming up with Akshay Kumar in Anurag Singh’s Kesari. Yesterday, producer Karan Johar finally confirmed on social media that she is on-board. Pari is said to be playing Akki’s wife in the film based on the battle of Saragarhi in 1897 between Sikh soldiers of the British Indian army and Afghan tribesmen.

Hrithik Roshan turned 44 yesterday. As a birthday gift to fans, dad Rakesh Roshan announced the release date of Krrish 4 on Twitter. The action franchise will release on Christmas 2020. It may seem a long way, but the Roshans are keen to take the superhero flick a notch higher on the action and special effects.

Brothers at work Diljit Dosanjh and Angad Bedi play siblings in Shaad Ali’s Soorma. The brotherly act continues off the set as well. As the two are fitness fanatics, when not facing the camera, they are hitting the gym. The actors regularly post workout videos and images on social media. The film is based on hockey champ Sandeep Singh; the duo also underwent extensive training to learn the sport together.

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‘Gave Ranbir puffy eyes to resemble Sanjay’ Prosthetic artist on how 35-year-old Kapoor transformed into 58-year-old Dutt for Sanju SONIL DEDHIA sonil.dedhia@mid-day.com DAYS after Ranbir Kapoor unveiled the teaser of Sanju, prosthetic specialist Dr Suresh Murkey has been showered with praise yet again. The renowned artiste has been credited for his finery in films like Guru (Abhishek Bachchan), The Dirty Picture (Vidya Balan), and Tanu Weds Manu Returns (Kangana Ranaut). This time, however, a solo film has enabled him to create four distinct looks for Kapoor, so that the latter can resemble Sanjay Dutt over the years.

One assumes it must have taken multiple meetings with Dutt for Murkey to have memorised such nitty-gritties of his appearance.

However, the artiste says that an interaction with the actor is still pending. “Rajkumar Hirani [director] gave me some photographs of Dutt through different stages of his life. It was based on the pictures that I de-

Ranbir Kapoor’s different looks in Sanju; (inset) Dr Murkey signed Ranbir’s prosthetics. I took four sets of measurements of Ranbir’s face in order to minimise any scope of error,” says Murkey.

In a bid to replicate a young Dutt from the ‘90s, Murkey worked on the lower half of Kapoor’s face. “I needed to make Ranbir’s jaw bone look different to resemble Dutt’s, and make his cheeks look puffy, especially near the lips. In order to add

age to his face for the latter part of the film, prosthetics were worn on the upper part of his mouth so that his cheeks could look fuller near the nose and below the eyes,” he says, pointing out that his cue was the Bhoomi actor’s look when he was leaving jail. The prosthetics, he informs, were made out of acrylic and a mix that is used in dentures.

‘I designed Ranbir’s prosthetics based on the pictures of Sanjay Dutt that Hirani gave me’ Dr Suresh Murkey

No-show at awards after President’s snub

Regional cinema goes to Cannes

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Smriti Irani, who will be leading the official Indian delegation at the Cannes Film Festival, wants to put the spotlight on regional films. It has been learnt that the I&B Ministry has chosen four National Award-winning films to be screened at the India Pavilion. A source reveals, “Rima Das’ Village Rockstars that won three National Awards and Malayalam film Bhayanakam that earned Jayaraj the Best Director award are part of the line-up. The other two films include Bengali film Nagarkirtan and Sinjar, a film from Lakshadweep made in Jasari language.” The source adds that the delegation will include Prasoon Joshi, Chairman, Central Board of Film Certification, Vani Tripathi Tikoo, a member of CBFC and filmmaker Jahnu Barua, among others.

As 65 recipients skip ceremony in protest against President handing select gongs, several winners express grief EVEN as Sridevi’s family, including husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Janhvi and Khushi, received the Best Actress award on behalf of the late actor, many chairs at Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi — the venue of the 65th National Awards — lay empty. An estimated 65 recipients skipped the ceremony in protest of being handed the award by Smriti Irani, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, and Rajyavardhan Rathore, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting. The National Award winners were informed on Wednesday that President Ram Nath Kovind would hand out only 11 awards of the total 140, thus breaking a long-held tradition.

Kaushik Ganguly, whose film Nagarkirtan won the Special Jury Award, said, “It is humiliating for the

The Kapoor family receives late actor Sridevi’s award from the President; (top) Irani, Rathore felicitate Tripathi; (inset) Riddhi Sen artistes that the President doesn’t have time to hand over more than 11 awards. Cabinet Ministers’ participation refers to government’s participation; this award then doesn’t remain apolitical anymore.”

Over 66 award winners wrote a letter addressed to the Directorate of Film Festival and the President’s of-

fice, expressing their dissent.

However, things came to a naught.

Malayalam actor Parvathy, who chose to skip the event said, “We were raising a reasonable grievance, but we did not get a reply to our letter at all.” At 3.30 pm yesterday, Irani and Rathore started handing out the initial set of honours, while the Presi-

dent arrived at 5.30 pm for the final leg. Actor Riddhi Sen, who was felicitated by the President, said, “The value of National Awards remains. But I am not supporting what happened.” The Rashtrapati Bhavan issued a statement that read, “President attends all award functions for a maximum of one hour.”

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Sanya Malhotraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Badhaai Hoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Ranbir best to play Sanjay Dutt, says Shetty

Junglee Picturesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Badhaai Ho,â&#x20AC;? starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Sanya Malhotra, wrapped up the shoot Mar. 21. This is Junglee Picturesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; next outing with Ayushmann Khurrana after the 2017 sleeper success, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bareilly Ki Barfi.â&#x20AC;? The team celebrated the wrap by indulging in a small celebration, with lead actors Khurrana and Malhotra having a gala time by dancing their heart out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Badhaai Hoâ&#x20AC;? is a coming-of-age story of a family as it grapples with some unexpected news. The film is directed by Amit Sharma, who has helmed over a 1000 ad films, including one on Google Reunion and a short film for Kashmir Tourism, and made his feature film debut in 2015 with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tevar,â&#x20AC;? starring Arjun Kapoor.

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a n b i r Kapoor is the best fit to play S a n j a y Dutt onscreen, says the latterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rudraksh co-star Suniel Shetty.

Shetty was present at the semifinal of the Wheelchair Cricket Series between India and Bangladesh on Tuesday.

As Duttâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biopic is in the making, Shetty was asked if there will ever be a film on his life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think its worthy, but Sanjayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biopic is happening and I think nobody else would do a better job at playing Sanjay than Ranbir. I saw Ranbirâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pictures and he looks exactly like Sanjay,â&#x20AC;? said Shetty.

The actor was happy about supporting a tournament for the differently abled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think cricket on a wheelchair is an amazing concept, I would like to congratulate the organisers and NGOs those have made it happen.

We should take more initiatives like these. By Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grace we have everything and still if we look at their spirit and energy we will be able to learn a lot,â&#x20AC;? said Shetty. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So when I was told such a tournament was going to take place between two countries [Bangladesh and India], I thought it is important that I become a part of this. I always think God has given us so many privileges, so it is important that we can do as much as possible for others,â&#x20AC;? he added.

He said people are trying to do their bit for the specially-abled people. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I run an NGO myself. It is called Save the Children India.

They work really hard for speciallyabled kids. They also organise sports tournaments for them and we get around 18 to 19 teams from Maharashtra. Just looking at them and their spirit makes you feel like you have to do more and more for them,â&#x20AC;? said Shetty.

On the big screen, the actor was last seen in a negative role in the 2017 release A Gentleman, directed

by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK. It also featured Sidharth Malhotra and Jacqueline Fernandez.

Shettyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upcoming project is titled A. B. C., directed by Ramkumar Shedge and produced by Meehir Kulkarni. The other cast members include Tamannaah Bhatia, Sunny Pawar, Vijay Patkar and Ravi Kishan.

Filmfare Awards. In 2012, Khurrana made his film debut in Shoojit Sircarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s romantic comedy Vicky Donor, which touched on the topic of sperm donation in India, and received Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut.[2][3] He rose to prominence with romantic comedies Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015) and Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017), and comedy-drama Shubh Mangal Savdhaan (2017), all of which received critical and commercial success.

He hosted 63rd Filmfare Awards with Shah Rukh Khan, Parineeti Chopra and Karan Johar. In Chandigarh born to Poonam and P. Khurrana, He studied at St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s High School and DAV College in Chandigarh. Then Panjab University, in Chandigarh.] He did work theatre for five years. He was also the founding member of DAV Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aaghaazâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Manchtantraâ&#x20AC;?, which are active theatre groups in Chandigarh.

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The tightly under wraps title of Aanand L Rai’s upcoming film starrin TITLE Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma, is likely to be TATTLE unveiled on January 1. SRK plays a dwarf in the 2018 Christmas rele

Rekindling the flames?

Personal world

Ever since they teamed up for Aashiqui 2 (2013), Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapur set tongues wagging about their relationship. Over a year ago, there was buzz about their breakup, after Shraddha was said to be in a relationship with another actor. Looks like, the two have ironed out their differences.

Recently, Shraddha was spotted outside Aditya’s house. So, should we assume all is well between them? Or is there a film on the cards? Your guess is as good as ours.

Superman Salman ke fans To the land of elephants

Gauahar Khan has ventured into the digital space with her YouTube channel. The first video gives a sneak peek into the actor’s personal life. Last seen in the Vidya Balanstarrer Begum Jaan, she was keen to try something new. She feels, this is the best way to interact with fans.

Members of a fan group from Salman Khan’s hometown, Indore, have not missed a single film of the actor over the past 14 years.

They have made certain to catch the first day, first show of every Khan starrer.

The New Bombay Gym Group, also a bunch of fitness freaks like their screen idol, began watching Khan’s films since 2003. Tere Naam marked the onset of this trend for them. The group also apparently extends a helping hand to children from the marginalised sections of society, under his name. Khan was born in Indore, before shifting to Mumbai. Some of his family members still live there.

Cake-cutting spree Twinkle Khanna celebrates her 43rd birthday today.

She is in Cape Town, holidaying with hubby Akshay Kumar and kids — Nitara and Aarav. The Kumars love South Africa — they were in Cape Town last year too, to ring in Twinkle’s big day. The actorturned-writer has lots to celebrate as she turned producer this year with Padman. It is also her late dad, Rajesh Khanna’s 75th birth anniversary today.

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Dual talk Hrishikesh Pandey says he’s lucky to bag a double role in Porus. The small screen, he says, doesn’t offer such opportunities to actors often. He plays a pirate and a warrior in the historical. “When I am playing a warrior, the moustache is up, and when I am playing a pirate, the moustache is down,” he says. Genius!

Although they missed Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma' star-studded Mumbai reception, Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone never miss an opportunity to pack i holiday together. If the grapevine is to be believed, the birds are set to ring in the New Year together in 2018.

While Singh was spotted in Sri Lanka yesterday, where was shooting for a commercial, Padukone will apparen join him soon. A source close to Singh says that the du intends to stealing some time, and get away from the prying eyes of the paps to go snorkeling.

Friends no more?

There was a time when Sara Ali Khan and Rhea Chakraborty were inseparable. They would be spotted together at the gym, salon and even at late-night parties. But, it’s been a while since the two have been seen together. Sara may be tied up with Kedarnath, while Rhea, with her commitments. But, is their busy schedule the only reason behind their distance, or is there more to it than meets the eye?

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Toronto housing sales slump in Spring has finally sprung but Torontoโ s home sales remain gloomy as tougher mortgage qualifications and rising interest rates continue to push buyers out of the market. Realtors in Canadaโ s biggest city had one of their worst months in the past 15 years in April, with sales down by almost one-third from a year earlier to 7,792 units, according to data released Thursday by the Toronto Real Estate Board. Thatโ s the fewest number of sales for April since 2003. On a seasonallyadjusted basis, sales have fallen for four straight months, with the fewest transactions to start a year since the 2009 recession.

Prices continued to stabilize with benchmark prices, which are weighed to account for differences in home type, rising 0.7 per cent from last month. The condo apartment segment helped boost prices, jumping 10 per cent to $495,600 from a year ago. In contrast, detached home prices tumbled 10 per cent to $927,800 from April of last year.

Canadaโ s once-hot housing market has been correcting in recent months, adjusting to a series of tighter regulations aimed at taming booming prices and debt levels. Sales have cooled particularly for the cityโ s more pricey detached homes, as new mortgage guidelines that came into effect on Jan 1. make it harder for buyers to qualify for loans.

The slowdown has put the market on edge as it enters its traditionally busy spring selling season. โ Market conditions should support moderate increases in home prices as we move through the second half of the year, particularly for condominium apartments and higher density low-rise home types,โ Jason Mercer, TREBโ s Director of Market

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Toronto housing sales slump in weakest start From page 13 since 2009 recession Analysis said in a statement.

The high-end of Toronto’s housing market continued to suffer on declines from last year’s boom.

Detached home sales at $2 million or more was 5.5 per cent of total sales in the segment, down from 10 per cent a year ago.

We just got the first real picture of the Toronto housing market — and it’s ugly Foreign buyers’ influence on Toronto and Vancouver housing markets is rising: report New listings fell 25 per cent to 16,273 from 21,571 in April

last year. Average home prices in the Toronto region fell 12 per cent to $804,584 compared to last April.

Vancouver, where an ‘affordable’ 3-bedroom unit rents for $3,333 The City of Vancouver has embarked on a 10-year mission to create more affordable homes for its taxpayers to live in. However, city hall may find it tough to argue that a new development, planned for the Olympic Village area, will do anything to reach that goal. The development, a 10-storey residential building with 104 market rental housing units, is being planned for 1715 Cook Street. The proposal is contained in a rezoning application filed by Chris Dikeakos Architects on behalf of Cressey Wilkinson Holdings Ltd.

City staff have recommended that the site be rezoned, with conditions. One of those conditions is that the proponent enter a housing agreement, in which all of the units be secured as “for-profit rental housing.” But what’s affordable, according to this application? A three-bedroom must rent for no more than an average starting rate of $3,333 per month, and a two-bedroom for no more than $2,539.

These figures are “subject to adjustment.”

But you’d have to make a fair bit of money in Vancouver to call them affordable.

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CMHC says Canada’s housing industry is still highly vulnerable to market instability Canada’s housing sector is facing a high degree of vulnerability to market instability for the seventh straight quarter, with Toronto, Hamilton, Vancouver and Victoria shouldering the brunt of the risks. That’s according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, which analyzed overheating, acceleration of home prices, overvaluations and overbuilding in markets across the country in its quarterly assessment, released on Thursday. “There is a lot of demand for existing homes relative to supply and that is why the overheating indicator is high in Vancouver, Victoria, Toronto and Hamilton,” said CMHC chief economist Bob Dugan. “We have this constraint on the supply side, but at the same time, the local economies (in Toronto and Vancouver) have been very strong, generating a lot of jobs, attracting people to live in those markets, so there has been a lot of increase in demand in these markets, but without the supply, that demand goes into house price increases.”

Even though stricter regulations around uninsured mortgages from the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions were in effect throughout the quarter, the CMHC report said Toronto’s balance between supply and demand was not

affected and the sales-to-new listings ration remained “virtually unchanged.”

The OFSI rules, it said, heightened demand for more affordable housing within the city, just as the city was seeing a decline in the inventory of houses in all categories.

Dugan said there weren’t any surprises CMHC found when compiling the report, but he did spot “a little bit of a softening” of market activity in Toronto and less of a “spillover” in demand from the city to neighbouring communities, i n c l u d i n g Hamilton.

However, CMHC said Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon and Regina had still fared much better. It assessed the cities as having moderate vulnerability because of overbuilding. Winnipeg, Ottawa, Quebec City, Moncton, Halifax and St. John’s, it said, faced even less risk, earning a low vulnerability ranking. Montreal also fell into that category, but CMHC warned it might have to revise that assessment, given the rapid growth of house prices in some neighbourhoods. “We just have our eye on that market to see whether price growth remains sustained and maybe spreads to more neighbourhoods within Montreal,” said Dugan.

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New Fraser Valleyreal estate. spring market fails to show in April Buyer activity in the Fraser Valley stayed coy throughout April despite a bump in inventory across all three major residential types.

The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board processed 1,708 sales of all property types on its Multiple Listing ServiceÂŽ (MLSÂŽ) in April, a decrease of 23.4% compared to the 2,230 sales in April of last year, and a 2.6%compared to the 1,664 sales in March 2018.

Of the 1,708 sales processed last month 413 were townhouses and 498 were apartments, together representing 53%of all transactions in April.

Active inventory for the Fraser Valley finished at 5,667 listings last month, increasing 18.2%month-over-month, and 15.3% when compared to April 2017.

Million-dollar-plus home sales in Calgary and Montreal have been picking up over the past year, and may even surpass the high-end markets in Toronto and Vancouver in the months ahead in terms of fastest growth, according to a new report about the luxury home market from Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s International Realty.

Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Calgary Managing Broker Mary-Ann Mears said sales of Calgary homes priced over a million The Board received 3,429 new listings in April, a 19.7% increase from March 2018â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2,865 new listings, and a 16.2% increase compared to April 2017.

For the Fraser Valley region the average number of days to sell an apartment in April was 14, and 16 for townhomes. Single family detached homes remained on the market for an average of 26 days before selling.

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